Richard Horton

The rising rates of police suicide. Episode 1. TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️

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This is sensitive stuff, so be careful.

@dctaudio.bsky.social, @iofiv.bsky.social and I had a chat about a topic which really bothers each of us. Dave's done a great job editing out the waffle and Richard's always worth listening to.

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Decent intelligence tool but may not find many hands on offenders

A few hours after Reform tabled the opposition in the council elections I posted that it would be a good time to join a union if you work for a council. Go on. First thing Tuesday morning!

Crikey!

Hello. Just dropping back in to let people know that I am standing for Labour in the Ribble Valley South West Council Elections.

My regular warning. There is no such thing as a private WhatsApp group.

Done.
Thank you Copenhagen!

It remains my gift to see the clouds scudding towards any silver lining.

Bacon & mushroom toasted sandwich and 2 cups of coffee.

Green salad, baked potato, rare steak and pepper sauce

I have had a great day ending with m5 favourite meal and half a bottle of fizz

Thank you.

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World leading soil =/= world leading farmers.

I think sonofiofiv strongly agrees and he is my go to film expert.

If not Liz Truss then who?

If you believe that Facebook, Twitter, even BlueSky are primarily about some noble public purposes or even that they should be, you are stuck in wish based beliefs.

When Facebook puts a choke on fact checking will anybody notice?

Thank you!

Please if not.

Professor Alexis Jay said that starting a new inquiry could hinder the implementation of the recommendations from her 2022 report. "We have set out what action is required and people should just get on with it," she told the BBC. She added: "I've certainly been very unhappy about the politicisation of child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse in the way that many people, sometimes in a very uninformed way, have waded into the argument."

Professor Alexis Jay, who led a 7-year review of sexual abuse which reported in 2022, says starting a new inquiry would delay any implementation of her own recommendations:

....none that I would choose to live in...

Bacon sandwich and 2 cups of strong coffee.

First build a national firewall.

Without that, it is just a weak old country shouting unheeded protests at the passing traffic.

Me? I investigated "grooming" and convicted a child rapist or "boyfriend" as the victim called him. FWIW if you can't effectively safeguard the victims, your investigations and interventions are built on sand.That child safeguarding is often very difficult but almost always doable.
That is all.

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What new insights & lessons would we get from a national inquiry into organised sexual offending against children?
Classic more heat than light stuff from Elon & Kemi.