Sir Ian Blair resigns
Bye then, Sir Ian Blair. With your dark sixth-form poetry and scaremongering, your dreams of a private tooled-up army, your incompetent, trigger-happy and unaccountable minions with their lies and smears, and your friends paid to pander to your narcissism, you were and remain a puffed-up and egregious ‘out of the loop‘ embarrassment and a dangerous little jackass.
Please let the door hit you on the arse on the way out.
Update: Mission accomplished.
Posted on October 2nd, 2008 at 4:22 pm
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Wooo hoooo. I wonder what pension will be.
Pension? Seven distorted lumps of lead for him to cherish while the cold eats away at him in a garret somewhere. No, I’m not vindictive.
Tom´s latest blog post… Sir Ian Blair pushed out by Boris
It’s a bit like Al Capone being sent down for tax evasion, really. All those achievements to Blair’s credit and he gets kicked out because the London Haystack doesn’t care for him - presumably because Blair was a Livingstone appointee, or else because Boris is under the impression that the chief of the Met claims Income Support.
Philip´s latest blog post… Our Reputation Safe At Last
Ding dong, the witch is dead!
Alex´s latest blog post… Mission accomplished
Good.
Hello, by the way. How have you been?
Rachel´s latest blog post… 42 days is back. Sign the petition
So Boris did something right as mayor then?
*runs*
Heh!
I do look forward to details leaking on precisely what it was that finally got him to bugger off, it must be said. He seems to have been surprisingly meek. What’s the dirt Johnson’s got on him? Or have I been watching too many episodes of The Wire?
Nosemonkey´s latest blog post… In support of the freedom of speech of someone with whom I almost completely disagree
Sir Ian posesses an amazing ability to unite all colours of the political spectrum against him. A quick blog search reveals universal condemnation from the left and right, and a generally celebratory tone in reactions to his resignation. Ouch.
At least he can be credited with bringing everyone together.
Smell ya later Ian.
Jamie Sport´s latest blog post… The Darkness Lifts: Sir Ian Blair gets his marching orders
“What’s the dirt Johnson’s got on him?”
Boris is literally days away from chairing his first MPA meeting. There have been anti-Blair stories in the Mail and Standard recently (both of which have hotlines to Boris Central, who’ve been leaking against Blair since they got in). Draw your own conclusions - I suspect Boris wanted to start the MPA job with a clean sheet so he can be seen as Mr. London when it comes to the police.
Ironically he had to rely on Blair having enough integrity left to resign when it became clear that the elected Mayor didn’t want to work with him. Not a bet I’d have taken.
Tom´s latest blog post… Boris backtracks on crime figures
I must say I’m shocked. I never expected Boris to do anything right, even for the wrong reasons or by mistake…
[...] politics, resigned, sir, terrorism, wankers So Sir Ian Blair has finally resigned from the the Metropolitan Police. Not because he presided over trigger happy policing that lost the [...]
Haha!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=d_T51vLkvP0
The role of Commissioner was politicised by Sir Ian who is a new labour puppet. When the smoke recedes and the mirrors are put away it is likely that his decision to step down will have more to do with the progress of Ronnie FLANGAN’S investigation than Boris’s disdain. A further month in the role should facilitate his exit strategy which I’ll wager will include the discontinuance of the investigation into his conduct. The basis will be that his misdemeanors amount to misconduct only and not crime. Having left office he will no longer be subject to Police Misconduct Regulations and he will be free to take his seat in the house of Lords. I have personal reasons for rejoicing at his departure. His personal integrity and lack of Judgement should have precluded his appointment.