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Chief Whip Calls Police "plebs"
Eddie Badger
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Arrogant little ***** http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19675297
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Eddie Badger
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First questions I have:-
a) Why, precisely and exactly, was he told this ? :-
What are the reasons ? Had he always ridden the way he was doing, before without any incident.
b) How did the police officer speak to him & did he give Mitchell the precise reasoning as to why he was giving the instruction ?
One sided report so far.
There is no way of speaking that would have made 'pleb' a reasonable name to call them. In any case, he has apologised for it now.
It was nice of him to apologise for it even though he claims he didn't do it.
Not saying it necessarily would, but I'd still like to know the other side of the story to see if he was provoked.
At least Mitchell may now be aware of the way the police speak to Joe and Joanna Bloggs on a daily basis.
It feeds into the general story of the Tories being arrogant aristocratic toffs who know nothing of the ordinary people.........
When the person using the language is a Conservative MP it's suddenly a different story.
^This. Where are the defenders of the police now?
Saying that, why is this breaking news on Sky and BBC News? Someone said something to the police, and..? Are people saying we can't offend the police now? Do we need another poll asking if the police need better protection than Joe Public from rude people?
Oh God, please don't. The last one annoyed me so much.
Hmmmmm, yes I was kind of thinking the same.
Not very patriotic, our country will go the dogs and it'll be anarchy if we don't give the police special treatment.:p
What kind of tittle tattle and what war?
“ Patriotism is a disease.” For a person to say something like, “The USA is the best country on earth” is exactly the same as saying “White people are God’s chosen race”. Albert Einstein
I would bet many coppers having to deal with teenagers in many areas of the country would dearly love "pleb" to be the worse insult they encounter.
Anyhow, he has apologised to all concerned. Maybe he'll sing it as well.
How often have they spoken to you in that way?
It causes a bit of political infighting though, and that is the purpose of the story.
To me it is a bit of a story (only a bit though).
I mean this man is paid by us to work for us and more so his party: The conservatives.
With him being at Downing Street I would think he was on official working business and I find it an inappropriate way to behave and represent his party.
If he had issue with an officer he should have reported him in the proper and official manner, not react how he did (which ultimately has brought negative headlines for the Party)
The guy might have apologised but had this gone un noticed would he still have found this remorse? .... I severely doubt it.
Oh well, perhaps that was why he reported it.