By Marcus Johnstone

Reading the Home Secretary’s White Paper on Police Reform and watching her media rounds on the proposals has created in my mind a scary image of Shabana Mahmood morphing into Donald Trump.

Everything is going to be beautiful, really beautiful. And it is not difficult to miss the irony in the rhetoric. Shabana says those who fail to reach the required standard in the police will be removed. Removed by those in Government who cannot be removed for failing to reach the required standard.

Sound bite after sound bite; this is ‘smashing the gangs’ on steroids! The new National Police Service will, I expect, end up being run with the same efficiency as the National Health Service. There will be more local bobbies on the beat to catch the naughty boys stealing from shops, as well as more joined up thinking to catch the really bad boys involved in international crime. All this as well as saving tons of........

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