Polishing up the CV?
Rumour has it that the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, is on the point of resigning. So is that other policing knight, Sir Hugh Orde, polishing up his CV?
Update at 3.06pm: He has just told my colleague Vincent Kearney "let's wait and see".
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Mark:
It is time for him to polished up the CV...
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According to the BBC News Website, last updated at 16.16GMT on 2nd October, 2008...That Sir Ian Blair, has resigned from the Metropolitan Police Service!
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I always thought Sir Hugh would go to London to take over there. His experience here would stand him in a good position.
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Mark
ORDE AS MET COMMISSIONER: AN INTERESTING IDEA!
Sir Hugh will be in his element taking on the Commissioner post. Here is a man prepared to think outside the box. Taking on London's criminal problems will not faze him.
His experience is unparalled. Daily in his current post he consorts with, negotiates with and mixes socially with convicted criminals in the form of Sinn Fein.
Given Sir Hugh's drive and determination I look forward to his future negotiations with Al-Qaeda achieving a solution to the terrorist threat to the Capital. How long before Osama bin Laden is in the Cabinet?
Having said that, Sir Hugh's big problem is: instead of talking face-to-face with out-and-out criminals, how do you enter into discussions with an idea?
Susie
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Mark
Let's try this Link for Post 1's negotiations with Al-Qaeda
Susie
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Hugh Orde seems to be a fair man from my side of the tv screen, and he strikes me as just the sort of man Boris Johnson would choose.
If he does leave, will it speed up the policing and justice devolution?
If it's devolved before 1st December (when Ian Blair leaves) will our Justice Minister pick the next PSNI chief?
If it isn't sorted out by then it'll be Shaun 'I-better-get-a-decent-move-in-the-forthcoming-reshuffle-penance-is-one-thing-but-this-is-ridiculous" Woodward, won't it?
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With Sinn Fein having been forced to accept the Police maybe they might see this as an attempt to change the Police if Orde goes to London. For all we know Gerry Kelly could be dusting down his CV. First thing he could change about the Police is their uniform. Gerry will get the Police to wear combat gear and wear balaclavas when out on a "mission"
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- This could be a bad time for orde to leave. he is respected and accepted because he is seen as neutral in the conflict. His leadership made the transition from a violent, armed, sectarian militia to a modern police service possible.
- Johnson may well feel that Orde could do for the institutional racism of the Met, what he did to the institutional sectarianism of the RUC/PSNI.
- Replacing him with a "local" could be a very bad move.
- If the alliance party want to make big decisions regarding Northern Ireland, they had better get out there and win some more votes. They are a political minority and should not be allowed to make decisions for an electorate who has rejected their policies.
- Equally, Sinn Fein/IRA choosing the chief of police is just as preposterous.
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