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Help! Police! Tory MP in distress!!

November 11th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized by

During one episode of The New Statesman (the funny one, not the silly one), Conservative MP Alan B’Stard’s car alarm goes off while he is in a building. Rushing to the window, he sees youths beside his car. Immediately pulling out his (excellently 80s) mobile phone, he dials 999 and says “Help! Police! Tory MP in distress!!”

I was put in mind of this today as I read The Guardian’s account of yesterday’s student riot at the Conservative headquarters at 30 Millbank. According to the Guardian

While Tory headquarters suffered the brunt of the violence, Liberal Democrat headquarters in nearby Cowley Street were not targeted. “This is not what we pay the Met commissioner to do,” one senior Conservative told the Guardian. “It looks like they put heavy security around Lib Dem HQ but completely forgot about our party HQ.”

Of course, the relationship between the police and the Conservatives has always been close, but I don’t think that the Metropolitan Police are paid to protect the Conservative Party.

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  2. dougf Says:

    O”f course, the relationship between the police and the Conservatives has always been close, but I don’t think that the Metropolitan Police are paid to protect the Conservative Party.”
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    No you pay them to enforce order in the State and to use their heads in the accomplishment of that end. Not arranging for proper security when the need for it was clear should result in some firings, demotions, and general boots up the backside for the Police hierarchy.
    The Conservative Party has a very legitimate grievance here. The Police were abysmal.


  3. Foregone Conclusion Says:

    I seriously think that the reason why Cowley Street wasn’t ransacked was that nobody knew where our HQ is, whereas pretty much everyone with a fair political knowledge and basic London geography knew where Tory Central Office was. Saved by obscurity!


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  5. paul barker Says:

    Yep, “everyone” knew where the Tory HQ was, but not where it is ie next door. The building that was trashed houses The HQ of The Charities Commission. The Tories moved out in June.