Cressida Dick is probably the most useless Met Leader in history with a string of failings as long as your arm. Perhaps uniquely she has managed to antagonise both the left and right with the numerous cock ups under her watch. Her failings include but are probably not limited to: Jean Charles de Menezes, Operation Midland fantasist/Carl Beech, Extinction Rebellion protests, Sarah Everard murder and vigil, The Daniel Morgan inquiry, The Euros Wembley Final, the Sue Gray report. And that's before we get some of the worst rates of violent crime we've ever seen in London and the levels of racism, sexism and homophobia which appear to be rampant within the force and a culture which resulted in, for example, police photographing and sharing the pictures of murder victims on WhatApp. If leaders are held responsible for the culture set on their watch and held responsible for the failings of their organisation you have to wonder how on earth she had her contract recently renewed. Better late than never....
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