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No equality or tolerance for the autistic teenager, I see. Autism affects communication, it's pretty widely known that it's common for us to just say what we see and speak our mind and be brutally honest and blunt to the point of rudeness. Those of us who can, generally learn to keep our thoughts to ourselves, but that's not always possible or even desirable depending on the situation and our functioning levels. Sure, he was rude, but he wasn't threatening and he was probably just wondering aloud to himself.

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The two most frightening situations to find yourself in in the UK right now: 1. Needing Healthcare 2. Needing the Police.🤬🤬🤬

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The picture of the man with a hammer assaulting that woman is really upsetting.

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There are a lot fools doubling down in the police force.

"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true -- the other is to refuse to believe what is true."

Soren Kierkeguaard

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So now like Iran we have the morality police.

Really upsetting but excellent piece. Thanks.

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Dec 9, 2022Liked by ripx4nutmeg

Thank you, RIP Nutmeg. It’s incredibly difficult for me to be the adult in the room and raise concerns about the implications of all this (I got threatened with the “transphobia “ stick). I did say “We’ll be having a very different conversation about this in 10 years’ time” but right now, the chances feel like nil.

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I wish I could say more, but I can’t atm, but I will say this, a day of reckoning is fast approaching

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So why do so few police forces actually understand what equality, inclusion and diversity is? Off for a lie down...

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copy of the email I just sent to West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner - let's see what he says!

Hi Mark,

I am a resident of the *** area of Leeds - I have lived in Leeds since 2000, having spent most o it in the *** area, which as you may be familiar, is blighted by crime and anti-social behaviour.

I am informed that, recently, Conservative Way Forward, a group of backbench MPs, submitted freedom of information requests to all 48 civilian police forces in England and Wales, asking how much they spend on 'equality, diversity and inclusivity'. I am also informed that West Yorkshire Police has 16 full-time staff who focus either mainly or exclusively on equality, diversity or inclusivity, at a cost of about £500,000 per year.

Can you validate for me please whether that is correct?

If it is not correct, can you tell me the true figure?

For context - is there a resource that gives public access to police budget information that I can view to put the figures in context please?

As a constituent, and "customer" of the police (although that is a rather stupid expression, it seems to be a language that is now in circulation) I would like to express my view that any diversity and inclusion spending and compliance should be part of standard HR procedures, alongside spending on and compliance with employment law and staff management etc. And that NO (zero) ringfenced staff should be employed for this work, and that the overall spending on it should be pretty small.

That's merely an opinion of course - I recognise entirely that the police own the decisions on how to deploy and structure their resources however - be in no doubt, that if the figure is anything like in the order of magnitude of £500K per year, then the overwhelming majority of residents would consider this utterly disproportionate - victims of crime would be disgusted in my opinion.

I look forward to hearing back from you.

Kind Regards

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Excellent info. Thank you.

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I think Watts (who I've met a couple of times in a social context; he's a bit irritating, as you can probably imagine) has left jail since the article was published.

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It’s an example of good intentions gone bad. These diversity departments were initially set up to work with recruitment to attract applications from people from BAME communities, in order for the police to be more reflective of the communities they SERVE (deliberate emphasis). It’s now all about training and farming that training out to external speakers. With little to no research or critical thinking about their qualifications or agenda.

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Similar thing in workplaces recruiting of lots of trans identified people - then having a large LGBTQIA + group seemingly responsible for monitoring views and pushing “training”/ reeducation for sinners who are bored with narrative

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We pay our taxes to fund this. It's time to start reminding them of this simple fact abs drum it home to them. We are entitled to a say in the quality of services and how they are delivered.

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Thank you Conservative Way Forward, for finding out that information. Maybe now you could go and find out which party has been in power for the last twelve years and allowed this shit to dominate pretty much every British institution?

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Bartender: Do whatever you want all the time.

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