It Would Appear That Sir Keir Starmer Is An A+ In Terms Of Hypocrisy

Wine glasses had been charged, solid silver teaspoons clinked in fine bone china cups and shimmering candles were casting a warm glimmer over the gilded frames of large oil portraits as Sir Keir Starmer rose to speak.

It was late one Thursday night in January 2017, and our then Shadow Brexit Secretary found himself addressing guests inside the majestic stateroom at the East India Club, just off London’s Pall Mall.

The choice of venue sat awkwardly with his responsibilities as a member of Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet since this private members establishment doesn’t permit women to join. But the gathering itself was reassuringly progressive.

That’s because Sir Keir Starmer was one of just over 60 dashingly attired guests supporting the inaugural fundraising dinner of a charitable organisation called the Henry Smith Club.

Named after one of the great Elizabethan philanthropists, the club had been formed three years before in support of a cause that, back then, at least, lay close to Sir Keir Starmer’s heart.

Specifically, it provided funds to allow gifted but underprivileged young people to attend Starmer’s alma mater, Reigate Grammar School, a league table-topping £22,995 a year private school in the Surrey commuter belt.

Sir Keir Starmer, who attended RGS from 1974 to 1981, gave every appearance of being an evangelical supporter of its mission to transform young lives.

An account of his after-dinner speech, published on the website of the school’s charitable foundation, documents that he ‘spoke of his fond memories of his time at school and of the first class education he received, which laid the platform for his successful career’.

According to his biographer, Nigel Cawthorne, Sir Keir Starmer also agreed to be a paid-up member of the Henry Smith Club, contributing £1,675 a year for the privilege.

The sum, chosen because RGS was established in 1675, went into a charitable pot. For every ten people who joined, the club would sponsor an underprivileged local boy or girl through RGS, with the school chipping in the balance of the fees.

It was a great gesture from a man whose life’s journey has, as we shall see, provided an object lesson in the transformative powers of private schooling.

Yet fast forward just five years and Sir Keir Starmer, who hails from a working-class family, yet, for reasons was able to attend RGS for free, has executed a volte-face on the matter.

Clearly, the politician who once went to such great lengths to support his old school, and to help other children of humble means to walk its well-mown lawns, now seems determined to destroy the place.

How else, one might ask, are we to interpret his Labour Party’s desire to slap VAT on independent school fees?

This highly incendiary policy, which Sir Keir Starmer inherited from privately educated class warrior Jeremy Corbyn, will add 20 per cent to the cost of private education overnight.

Labour might get back, although I’m not sure why, as all the parties pretty much plan the same. They all say that we need to change, but they don’t really elaborate on what will change.

People like Sir Keir Starmer had no problem climbing up the ladder, but once he didn’t need that ladder anymore, he had no trouble pulling the ladder down so that nobody else could climb it.

When it comes down to it, all politicians are hypocrites and they will say anything to get into power, and Sir Keir Starmer is no different from any of them.

I’m sick to death of both the Tories and Labour, and just looking at what they’ve both done to our once beautiful country, makes me wonder who to vote for because it doesn’t matter what party they are, they all make promises that they never keep.

Why promise the people something they know they won’t do? Because it’s a manifesto gimmick. Tell the people what they want to hear and they might vote for them, and of course, people are sheeple, and they will follow whatever they believe is best.

The government also want us to fight against each other, and we do where politics is concerned: ‘Don’t do this or that because you will hurt your fellow man’. That’s why they created the unions so that they could fight against each other.

Any Child Could Be The Subject Of This Story

The devastated parents of a teenager who was killed after being groomed by a county lines gang have warned that ‘any child’ could fall into the same trap, as a video emerged of him being pursued by his killers moments before his death.

Joe Dix became entangled in a ‘vicious cycle’ after he was approached in a park aged 15 to courier a package for cash, eventually dealing Class A drugs.

The teenager was killed in January last year after a county lines member called in his help to stop three drug dealers from burgling a known crack den.

Horrifying footage shows Joe running from Benjamin Gil, Cameron Palmer and Hans Beeharry in Norwich before they stabbed him seven times.

On Wednesday his killers, who were all in their teens when they killed Joe, were incarcerated for a total of more than 60 years.

Joe’s mother Emma Dix, 47, told a newspaper outlet: ‘Don’t be blind. This can happen in front of your eyes. It could be any child. Don’t think it won’t be yours’.

She went on to say that it was unthinkable that a child should die before their parents, and how could she possibly tell how it felt not to be able to protect her child?

Mrs Dix, who’s on medication for post-traumatic stress disorder, said in a victim impact statement, which was read in court, that listening to the horrific details of the incident that led to her son’s death and seeing the body map images of all his injuries was dreadful.

She continued that nothing compared to the shocking footage of Joe running for his life, being chased, followed by the heartbreaking scene of him collapsing and that she couldn’t tell how many times those scenes had replayed over and over in their heads.

The family endured further pain after Joe’s death when internet trolls sent offensive messages, some in the dead boy’s name, and a memorial green near where he died in Vale Green was also desecrated.

Friends said there was no reason to think that Joe would end up working with a county lines gang.

The sports fan lived with his father Phil, a carpenter, and his mother, a hospital radiographer, in a four-bedroom house in the village of Salhouse.

He was predicted good grades, played football four times a week and regularly took part in matches for Sprowston Cricket Club. All this fell away when he became involved in drug dealing.

I don’t even suppose the police even bothered at all with these gangs.

It’s absolutely heartbreaking for the family because nobody expects their child to be taken, and it must have taken all their strength to tell their story.

This country is a farce as far as sentencing goes. They should have all got life imprisonment.

The problem is, that this country has encouraged a work-shy society and tedium. There are no places for these teenagers to go, no clubs and they become bored. Of course, there were always those that fell through the net and went into crime, but now crime is the club, where teenagers hang out together and cause devastation and death.

This is literally a mother’s worst nightmare, and it’s so scary if you have teenagers, especially boys. This was a horrific crime that deserves more jail time, and it’s so sad that there’s no longer such a thing as British justice in our once-great country. Life should mean life, not twenty years.

Rishi Sunak Cancels HS2’s Northern Leg While £36 Billion Is Spent On Better Transport 

Rishi Sunak dramatically cancelled the rest of the HS2 project and declared to pump the £36 billion savings into better transport projects.

The Prime Minister confirmed the move saying the high-speed scheme was the symbol of the ‘old consensus’, as he pledged to ‘fundamentally change our country’ and fix ‘broken’ politics like Margaret Thatcher did.

He said bosses of the project would be replaced to ‘take responsibility’ for the way it had been botched, with costs soaring.

Rishi Sunak said there was nothing ambitious about pouring more and more money into the wrong project’.

Mr Sunak put the community at the heart of his appeal to voters, saying the Conservatives were the party of the ‘pharmacist’s son and grocer’s daughter’ drawing a parallel between his own background and that of the 1980s Conservative heroine.

The premier is rallying the party faithful as he wraps up what is likely to be the last Conservative gathering before the country chooses a new government, and was introduced by his wife Akshata in touching scenes.

Quipping that the Prime Minister had no idea what she was intending to say, Mrs Murty said her husband of 14 years was her ‘best friend’ and he was summed up by the word ‘aspiration’.

She insisted it was the ‘greatest honour’ for him to be in charge of the country, and gave an emotional endorsement of his character.

She said that he was fun, he was thoughtful, he was compassionate and that he had an incredible zest for life.

Following her on to the stage, a clearly touched Rishi Sunak said that he thanked her for always being there for him and that it was literally the best long-term decision for a brighter future he ever made.

However, turning to politics Rishi Sunak swiped at his critics, saying there would ‘always be people who disagree’, as he is poised to axe HS2’s Manchester leg, instead pumping billions into other northern transport projects, and defer tax cuts.

And he launched a vicious salvo at Sir Keir Starmer saying he was always ‘banging on about Europe’ and only says whatever he thinks will benefit him.

The importance of making an impact was highlighted with another poll revealing the Tory bounce after he watered down Net Zero commitments have reversed.

Rishi Sunak was introduced by a video demonstrating how he was ‘changing the status quo’, including footage of him announcing the COVID furlough scheme as Chancellor and agreeing the Windsor Framework with the EU.

Oh please, pass me the sick bucket. The entire thing was nauseating and Rishi Sunak’s wife sounded like she was receiving an Oscar on behalf of her husband.

Rishi Sunak is not fit for purpose and he certainly has no leadership ability. I’m sure there are many who also share the view that he’s just serving himself and his cronies rather than the country, and this is a stain on many fine MPs who actually have the interest of the country and the common man at the forefront of their beliefs and actions.

And it seemingly appears that the money that is being saved is going to be used as an election bribe. Extremely predictable but the sheep will still vote Tory anyhow.

All we hear about are vows, promises, and announcements, but nothing fortuitous will come from it. Why did they wait until now to announce all this change? Rishi Sunak and his cabinet have been running the show for a year, what were they doing all that time?

Weymouth’s Newest Pub – With A Difference

Dry Dock on St Thomas Street has opened its doors to the public.

Founder, Sam Watson said that it far exceeded his expectations. He said that he didn’t have massive expectations but the feedback that they’ve received had been 99 per cent positive.

He explained that now the non-alcoholic venue had finally come together it was ‘different’ than he expected, ‘but in a good way’.

The day of the opening saw Weymouth Mayor Cllr Kate Wheller ‘cut the ribbon’ and officially welcomed visitors into the premises.

Sam said that it was really good and that they had really good support from the public.

He said that they had live music, a fun quiz, a raffle with prizes and food from local suppliers. He added that they had a nice day and raised awareness.

The venue has a wonderful range of non-alcoholic beers, wines and beverages on offer, including Lucky Saint, Free Damm, Guinness and Doom Bar.

Dry Dock is for everyone, including those who don’t drink but still want to go into town and enjoy the atmosphere and benefits of an alcohol-free pub, such as darts, pool, quizzes, live music or just a place to meet with mates.

Now, Sam plans to welcome other community groups to use the venue.

He said that they’re beginning to use the space for community events and groups and that the non-alcoholic bar will celebrate National Recovery Month.

He said that Andy’s Man Club starts in three or four weeks’ time.

The business owner has ideas in mind for the future of Dry Dock including a mobile non-alcoholic bar.

Sam explained that he recently attended a local festival and ‘struggled to find any alcohol-free drinks’.

He’s since spoken to the festival organisers who have offered to let him have a pitch at the next festival if he continues with his vision.

Sam explained that anything could happen as over a year ago he had the idea of opening an alcohol-free bar and now Weymouth has an alcohol-free bar.

Sam and the Dry Dock crew are keen for community groups to make use of the space and to get in contact via email at: stayhappy@drydock.org.uk

It’s nice to see someone setting up a business and the best of luck to him.

In every way, Dry Dock looks like any of the bars along the road.

However, this isn’t like any of those bars, because you can’t get a drop of booze.

There is a list of drinks which includes Guinness, Doom Bar, Brewdog IPA, Peroni and many more, but they’re all alcohol-free, or 0.5 per cent alcohol or less, which is about the same amount of alcohol contained in a ripe banana.

Across Europe and the US, anything below 0.5 per cent is classed as alcohol-free. In short, you couldn’t even get even remotely intoxicated at Dry Dock, however many pints you order.

Sam said that somebody in his personal life had approached him and said that they felt that they were probably drinking a bit too much. He said he wanted to go somewhere and have a nice evening with him and chat about how they could make things better, but he realised that there was nowhere to go if you didn’t want to drink alcohol.

He then had this spark of an idea, to open his own alcohol-free establishment. He said that he’s always been an extremely sociable person, and found that when he stopped drinking when he was in recovery, he lost all of that, so he wanted to find a way to get back some of that.

A Medical Issue Caused Stephen Shrimpton’s Horror M53 Crash

Police have named the 15-year-old girl who died in a bus crash on the M53 as Jessica Baker. It’s claimed the coach driver Stephen Shrimpton, who also died, suffered a medical problem behind the wheel.

According to a newspaper outlet, Stephen Shrimpton was driving a coach of more than 50 students when it collided with a car and flipped onto its side in a crash in Hooton, Cheshire at 8.30 a.m.

The incident, which also left a 14-year-old boy with life-changing injuries, saw terrified children climbing out of the windows of the stricken vehicle as they fled the wreckage.

Pupils caught up in the confusion sobbed as they told emergency workers how they thought they were going to die, while traumatised eyewitnesses described seeing children on the floor outside the bus.

Merseyside Police closed the motorway as investigations took place, and tributes were paid to the victims of the incident.

At West Kirby Grammar School, where Jessica was a student, fellow students were ushered out of school in silence.

Launching a GoFundMe to pay for his funeral, Mr Shrimpton’s sister-in-law claimed that the father of two had suffered a medical issue while driving.

‘I’m raising some funds for my brother-in-law’s funeral’, the page reads. ‘He tragically died in an accident on the M53 on the morning of the 29th of September, after suffering medical issues at the wheel while driving students to school.

‘He’s sadly left behind my sister who’s now a widow in her early thirties, and unfortunately, a single mum alongside his much loved two young children, only 8 and 4, who are going to grow up without their beloved father’.

It comes after the family of Jessica released a picture of her.

A police statement issued said that Jessica Baker sadly died as a result of the collision on the M53 northbound carriageway, and it continued that Jessica’s family have requested that their privacy be respected at this time and any updates from them would be issued via Merseyside Police news office as appropriate.

It comes hours after Merseyside Police said a 14-year-old boy suffered life-changing injuries as a result of the fatal school bus accident that happened in the Wirral.

The force said 58 people were involved in the incident. Four people were taken to hospital immediately. Two were rushed to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, while two others, including the teenage boy, were taken to Arrowe Park Hospital.

This is tragic and my heartfelt condolences go to the families affected.

It could have been anybody’s child. She was just on a school trip.

It’s heartbreaking for the families and of course, the coach driver as well. We wake up every day not knowing what the day ahead brings us.

My thoughts also go out to the driver and his family and the children.

This is utterly heartbreaking. You never send your children to school and not expect them to return home safely. What should have been a normal day took such a tragic turn for the worse. My heart goes out to all the families and emergency services involved, and I hope that all those affected get the ongoing support that they will need.

This is extremely sad news, but this is why we should make the most of the time that we’ve got on this earth and be kind to one another because life can be cut short so quickly.

Our Road Will Never Be Fixed Due To A Loophole

Living on a street scarred by potholes is a reality for hundreds of Brits.

However, for Sarah Ahmed and her 13-year-old wheelchair-bound daughter, potholes and flooded roads make getting out of their front garden an everyday battle.

Mother of four, Sarah Ahmed, 35, has been trying to leave her home on dilapidated Mayfield Avenue in Bolton, Greater Manchester for years and has encountered problems including car damage and rat infestation due to the unsatisfactory condition of the road.

The local council refused to fix the road because they hadn’t ‘adopted’ it, leaving residents in limbo and shelling out for repairs themselves, to the point that one resident was forced to hire a digger.

A loophole in planning laws means roads like Mayfield Avenue and neighbouring Bradford Avenue fall into disrepair and will never be fixed, allowing housing developers and local councils to refuse to maintain unadopted residential streets.

Nearly 260,000 (20 per cent) of the almost 1.28 million roads in England and Wales have not been adopted by a public authority and so are not maintained by the taxpayer.

Data provided to a newspaper outlet by GeoPlace, which compiles details of English and Welsh streets, reveals that 18 per cent of streets in Bolton are unadopted, ranking 86th out of 175 local authority areas.

According to GeoPlace street data, 28 per cent of streets in Bradford are unadopted, the 29th highest out of 175 local authority areas.

In Kirlees, a whopping 57 per cent of roads are unadopted or private, which takes the top spot only behind the Isles of Scilly.

Areas with high levels of unadopted roads also include Conway, Wales at 46 per cent, Tower Hamlets in Greater London at 45 per cent, and Portsmouth at 43 per cent.

When developers build new housing estates, they will usually make a deal with the local council to bring it up to a particular standard before the authority accepts responsibility for repairing potholes and more.

‘Section 38’ agreements allow the highway authority to ‘adopt’ the road, making it maintainable at public expense, but it requires the council to make sure the developer brings the quality of the road up to scratch and for the authority to take steps to take on that responsibility.

However, if developers don’t meet these requirements and the council does not make them, the burden of maintenance then falls to residents.

This is not actually a loophole. It’s a fact that unadopted (private) roads are not covered by the council, and this should have been pointed out to the buyer prior to the purchase of the property, but what happens, and who is responsible for the maintenance of an unadopted road if the properties are owned by the local authority or housing association?

Basically, it’s up to the council that you belong to. They determine if they want to make themselves responsible for the unadopted road. Some are considerate and they will, and some others can’t be bothered and won’t. Typically, it’s down to the people who live on the street to put money in each year for the maintenance of the road they live on.

There’s actually a very easy solution to this problem though. The council fixes the road and whatever else is necessary and then they put the council tax band up a level so that any forthcoming repairs can be done.

The Calm After The Storm

Brits could bask in the warmest October 1 in twelve years as autumn sunshine hits with temperatures up to 24C over the weekend.

Storm Agnes which struck regions of the United Kingdom looks set to move aside and make way for sunshine and drier days, starting with highs of 20C.

According to the BBC’s weather centre, temperatures will remain up to 20C as we roll into Saturday and by Sunday the mercury could reach 24C in the southeast.

A recording of 24C would make it the warmest October day for four years and the warmest October 1 in 12 years, and luckily the sunny weather looks set to stick around into next week.

The sunshine comes after Brits revelled in a September heatwave following a bleak and dismal summer.

The Met Office said any early cloud and rain in eastern counties Friday morning would soon clear, leaving a dry and sunny day with an abundance of bright periods.

It would be breezy at first in the east, but winds would ease throughout the day before a dry night.

Saturday would also be a mostly dry day with possible rain overnight.

Monday will be cloudy but temperatures will stay in the low 20s.

The settled conditions follow heavy rain, high winds and power cuts caused by the first named storm of the season, Agnes.

Storm Agnes struck the United Kingdom and Ireland on Wednesday, falling trees and ripping a roof off a building amid gusts of 83mph and 1.3in of rain (33mm).

More than 700 homes lost power in Devon and Cornwall, the RNLI rescued a sailor in a vessel ten miles off Ireland and a fallen tree trapped a pensioner inside his home.

Strong winds hit tents housing 350 Ukrainian refugees in County Laois, ferries were cancelled and airlines including easyJet and Ryanair encountered disruption.

Councillor Aisling Moran said she’d received reports that tents had blown down and that large puddles of water were surrounding them.

Agnes drummed up a high of 83mph winds at Capel Curig in North Wales on Wednesday evening.

Elsewhere, winds were recorded reaching speeds of 68mph at Aberdaron in Wales, 58mph at Glenanne in Northern Ireland, and 54mph at Camborne, Cornwall.

The storm triggered a string of Met Office yellow weather alerts for wind and rain across the United Kingdom, with forecasts of fierce winds and big stormy seas.

A heatwave in October really doesn’t get any better than that.

However, it’s called a forecast for a reason because it’s founded on probability and computer models. They don’t have a time machine and they can’t actually see into the future.

I’m sure the Climate Change crew will find all of this data extremely valuable.

I’m not sure about everybody else, but I love this weather. Bring on Global Warming, but I’m just cynical and it will all be different in the next decade. We should all stop peeing in our pants about everything.

There have definitely been more spiders this year. They’ve been spinning their webs inside my house, little baby ones!

The climate doom-mongers must be rubbing their hands together with joy. Me, I’m just glad my heating bill will be less this winter.

A 17-Year-Old Boy Has Been Charged With The Murder Of Elianne Andam, Who Was Killed On Her Way To School In Croydon

A 17-year-old boy appeared in court charged with the murder of 15-year-old Elianne Andam, who was stabbed to death on her way to school in south London.

The boy, who’s also been charged with having a knife, appeared before Croydon Magistrates’ Court and was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on October 3.

Elianne Andam was wounded in the neck after getting off a bus in Wellesley Road, Croydon, at about 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday.

The 17-year-old suspect was arrested in New Addington just over an hour later.

Elianne’s family visited the scene where she died as crowds assembled outside the police cordon and prayers were said.

She’s been described by her family as the ‘light of their lives’. They said she was ‘bright and funny’ and ‘had her whole life ahead of her’.

Elianne’s heartbroken mother broke down in tears as she laid flowers at the place where her daughter died.

Dorcas Andam was comforted by her husband Michael and dozens of relatives as they paid their respects to aspiring lawyer Elianne, 15.

It’s claimed the keen gymnast and cheerleader died as she stepped in to defend her friend who was attacked as she got off a bus in Croydon, south London, at 8.30 am on Wednesday.

Elianne was on her way to lessons at Old Palace of John Whitgift private school when she was killed, leaving her loved ones devastated.

Thirty relatives held a vigil at the city bus centre bus stop where she died, laying flowers as they comforted one another.

Bishop of Croydon, Rosemarie Mallet, read a powerful family statement alongside Elianne’s aunt Marian.

‘We, as a family are struggling to comprehend this painful tragedy that has happened to our beautiful daughter and beloved sister Elianne,’ she said. ‘Our hearts are broken. We are overwhelmed by sorrow and grief but our faith in the Lord is strengthening us.’

The statement described Elianne as ‘a beautiful person inside and out’ who was ‘intelligent, thoughtful, kind and had a bright future ahead of her’.

Hours before they’d told how their ‘lives had fallen apart’ while Elianne’s dreams of becoming a lawyer ‘had been shattered’.

The GCSE student’s senseless stabbing has shaken the nation with Rishi Sunak saying he was appalled.

Elianne had a six-year-old brother who she helped look after. Family friend Adama Dumbuya, 30, said that she couldn’t imagine what he was going to be like. That Elianne had a little brother and she knew they were close. She always looked after him and he was going to be heartbroken.

This boy should be named. He had a knife on him and he planned to do harm that day, and now Elianne paid the price, this is so sad and he needs to be put in prison for an extremely long time.

Council Cuts Threaten Bin Collections And Libraries To Plug £3.5 Billion Hole

Waste collections, libraries and leisure centres all face being hit as local authorities struggle to make ends meet.

A report warns that cash-strapped councils are grappling with a £3.5 billion funding black hole for next year, risking cuts to jobs and essential services as town halls struggle to balance the books.

Research by Unison found almost a third of local authorities are at least £10 million short of the money they need, while 4 per cent have a funding gap of about £40 million.

The union warned that town halls will be forced to consider selling land and buildings, slashing services for the vulnerable, and vital community resources such as waste collection, libraries and leisure centres.

Birmingham City Council and Thurrock Council, which have both effectively declared themselves bankrupt, have the worst funding gaps based on data from 369 (out of 371) local councils across Britain for 2024/25.

It comes after almost a third of councils in impoverished areas said they were considering issuing Section 114 notices, which would freeze all non-essential spending, according to the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities.

Birmingham is £164 million short of its spending needs for next year, while Thurrock, in Essex, has a gap of £157 million, data acquired through freedom of information requests reveal.

Sheffield City Council and Bradford City Council both face funding gaps of about £72 million, while Liverpool City Council is short by more than £67 million.

Of the 371 councils, only 62 (16.7 per cent) reported no funding gap for 2024/25.

Uninson warned that the situation is expected to deteriorate further without a major cash injection in the Autumn Statement.

It estimates the overall funding gap could increase to £7 billion in 2025/26 without intervention.

Unison General Secretary Christina McAnea said that communities rely on their local authorities for all manner of essential services, such as waste collection, road repairs and parks and other open spaces, but that councils were on their knees. Ministers seem to care very little about public services and local government has been hit hard over the many years.

She said that essential services can’t run on thin air. Staff levels had already been cut to the bone in desperate attempts to balance the books. Yet more service cuts and job losses are sadly inevitable across the country unless the government intervenes with the lifeline of significant extra funding.

Libraries have been at risk for a long time anyway. How often do you see someone reading a book and if they do then it’s usually the older, pre-smart phone generation.

The problem is that councils have overspent our money on vanity projects, rather than the basic needs of the public. What have the council done with the money that we pay every month for Council Tax? Well, they spent it, that’s what they did! It’s like me giving away my income but I still need to pay bills, somehow.

It won’t be long before our streets look like the back alleys of Mumbai, and why are our roads being altered for no reason, taking months on end and people sitting around in vans all day with their feet up on the dash having an extended coffee break, no wonder councils are bankrupt.

It would be more cost-effective to get rid of some of the council’s top-tier managers who get a significant salary for not doing very much.

How vital are these people to the running of a borough, are they really that necessary? And the Government making substantial cuts to councils, stopping vital services isn’t going to help either side.

Councils employed their own refuse workers, they had their own refuse carts, and it worked extraordinarily well. They should go back to that instead of hiring our private contractors to do the job.

We the people have to suffer, yet councillors still get pay raises, bonuses, cars, and any other type of freebies that they can get their grubby hands on – this has to stop, now!

Moment Olympic Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos Pleads ‘What Did I Do?’ 

This is the moment Olympic sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos pleads ‘What did I do?’ as police officers swarm him and scream ‘Get out of the car’ in front of his baby son.

One can be seen raising his police-issued baton above his shoulder and yelling at the international sprinter to ‘get out’ while a female officer frantically shouts ‘there’s a baby in the car’.

Mr Dos Santos exits the car, and clearly looking distressed and confused, backs away and pleads ‘What did I do?’.

Two Scotland Yard officers grab hold of his top before pulling his arms behind his back and handcuffing him as the sprinter shouts ‘My kid’s in the car, bro’ before he screams out in pain.

Mr Dos Santos, 28, repeatedly asks throughout the seven-minute footage why he’s been detained and followed to which officers allege he was ‘trying to evade them’ and then claim ‘they can smell weed in the car’.

The sprinter laughs and responds: ‘Do you know who I am? You can smell cannabis? Are you dumb?’

The distressing encounter took place on July 4, 2020, after the couple drove back to their West London home from training.

At one point the sprinter, who competed for Portugal in the 400m sprint at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, tells officers he’s bleeding to which they say it had been caused by his actions.

Mr Dos Santos says that they were following him for no reason and that he knew they were following him and then asked for what reason were they following him, and that he was bleeding.

He then goes on to say that they were so funny. That he was an athlete and to look at his car, and the number plates.

An officer then carries out a search on suspicion of him having drugs, but no drugs were discovered.

Towards the end of the footage, Mr Dos Santos accuses officers of being racist and said he was taking every single one of their names.

He said: ‘You are all racist p*,’ he says. ‘You are racists, all you lot are racists, racist guys racist feds, racist police officers. Hurry up. I live here. I live right here. What are you lot doing? For what reason? There’s nothing here, bro.

The footage was shown at a disciplinary hearing in southeast London and has now been released by the IOPC.

Now we know why the Metropolitan Police have such a bad standing, this is despicable behaviour by the police.

This, of course, doesn’t just happen to people of colour, it happens to all people, but generally, that doesn’t make the news.

This isn’t just a black thing, it’s a police thing, and before anybody says anything, I’m not a racist in any shape or form.

Whoever this happens to, this is totally unacceptable conduct from the police. There’s a time, place and situations for this type of response, and this incident patently doesn’t qualify.

It took five police officers to apprehend Dos Santos. You can’t even get 1 to come out if you’ve been burgled these days.

It appears that anybody can be stopped regardless of who they are. However, it doesn’t take 5 officers to stop a person under stop and search.

If the police want to arrest weed smokers, they should just take a walk on our streets, the aroma is oozing out of homes and on the streets, but of course, that would be too much hard work for them.

This isn’t a good look for a police force that is supposed to be changing its ways.

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