This week’s calls for the Met Police Commissioner to resign should be worrying to all of us. What exactly is that going to achieve?
I am always the first to speak of the need for consequences, but for goodness sake! the incident in question was a very clear & deliberate provocation.
Most of us agree 100% that every Londonder must be free to go about their business, but similar to Michael Gove strolling about at Victoria Station during a tense weekend, it just exhausts police resources when such situations turn nasty! Avoidance is always best, even if it inconveniences one a little (and yes, it isn’t always fair and we should be free to go wherever we please, but we also do need to be a little realistic at times). I’m a football supporter (Arsenal) and free as I may want society to be, I won’t wear my arsenal jersey to stroll into a Spurs pub be it match day or not….