THE WAR ON POLICING.

It’s a tricky one, isn’t it? The BBC are laying into the policing of the G20 summit in London, with the latest shock horror being some woman complaining that she was “hit across the face” by an officer. This is a headline grabbing news angle, apparently. Don’t get me wrong, I despise the increasingly politicisation and paramilitarisation of policing – all conducted under Labour. Many within the senior ranks are essentially politicians – not coppers. I don’t like the arrogance and bullying that British policing often exudes. But I am disturbed at the way in which the BBC is leading this assault on the integrity and dedication of policing. It suggests that the G20 protesters were all innocent angels. It uses vermin like Ken Livingstone to try and undermine Boris Johnson. The BBC has an agenda in play here which boils down to ensuring that the sort of rabble that turn up to cause trouble at G20 summits be treated with kid gloves. Mind you, when it comes to the police treatment of those who support country sports – you couldn’t hit them hard enough.