Pleb Gate

[Peter Presland]

That's all well and good, but you have to find the ethics first...

Plebgate: David Davis calls for royal commission into police ethics

Tory calls for IPCC to become 'British Untouchables' and says police should wear microphones to address decline in trust

Hmmm - I wonder what he thinks politicians - especially Privy Council level politicians - should wear to address the same issue with them?

I must confess to being in a bit of a cleft-stick on this issue. The other day my wife opined that she 'believed Andrew Mitchell'. I replied that '... frankly I couldn't give a toss' - where abuse of trust and power are concerned, there really is little to choose between their respective cohorts.

On reflection, my sympathies - if that's the right word - tend to lie with the police on this - certainly at the levels involved in this ridiculous non-event/issue anyway. Mitchell admits to becoming irritated and being 'uncivil' in his remarks to the copper. So, what exactly DID he say? - oh dear! he can't remember - except that he DOES remember he did not use that awful word 'Plebs'. Seems it has certain connotations to which Tories of a certain ilk are particularly sensitive.

Davies is simply confirming who is boss and that the police should 'know their place' - just another way of calling them 'Plebs' I guess.