No Poo-Poo, Sherlock

[Philtaz]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16237077

Police training and response 'inadequate' says a group of MP's.

Did we really need a select committee to tell us that the way the Met dealt with the summer riots was about as much use as a handbrake on a canoe?

[VHG]

Yes they should have just asked you and saved themselves a lot of bother.

However they will look at all aspects of the case, some of which may not be in the public domain (what was said in secret police and council and government meetings during the riot for example).

Also, lets face it, it was an unusual situation, it is rare we have spontanious rioting all over the UK.

When the "unusual" happens (twin towers, 7/7 bombs, zeebrugee, kings cross station fire, Appollo 13 etc) often the response is not perfect because it is hard to totally plan for things like that.

[Teddy_boy]

Easy to criticise after the event.

[DTCwordfan]

It looks like the headline should be "Philtaz to stand for Home Secretary - in May."

[DTCwordfan]

However, why the inquiry will focus on what went on behind scenes and how to improve communications and operations, one would have thought that they would have this one reasonably well-tied down already, given the Brixron riots and the troubles with the drug riots across the country before, mind you several years ago.

[Teddy_boy]

The advance of technology greatly influenced the riots.As in the Arab spring the blackberry messenger , twitter and facebook had a major influence on how people communicated to outsmart the authorities.

[Philtaz]

Many thanks to the moderator who changed my headline to poo poo as opposed to the asterisked 'sh!t' that I'd typed! In my defence the title is an oft used phrase so the moderation of it has a rather muted effect.

Somehow other posters are able to circumvent the auto moderator and type p!ss, b@stard and all other types of curse words but when I self-moderate my own OP it still gets changed!

Great job.

[craft1948]

Careful Philtaz, a moderator can't alter text..........that'll have been the Ed.

[Philtaz]

Well whoever it was craft it'd be nice to see a little bit of consistency, whether it be changing the text of an OP or a reply.

I fail to see how the Ed feels one needs (further) moderation for the most minor swear word as opposed to replies with far more offensive expletives which are typed in full.

[jackthehat]

If those are 'reported' they are either similarly altered, or completely removed....

[craft1948]

I can only assume that the offending words jump out at you more if they are in the header......................

[Philtaz]

Yeah, even when they're self-asterisked.

[Zeuhl]

even though it has lost the alliteration, I think 'No poo-poo Sherlock' has a ring to it.

[jno]

No poo-poo Poirot sounds quite nice.

Or No merde, Marple

[Teddy_boy]

You know, if there's one thing I've learnt from being in the Army, it's never ignore a pooh-pooh. I knew a Major, who got pooh-poohed, made the mistake of ignoring the pooh-pooh. He pooh-poohed it! Fatal error! 'Cos it turned out all along that the soldier who pooh-poohed him had been pooh-poohing a lot of other officers who pooh-poohed their pooh-poohs. In the end, we had to disband the regiment. Morale totally destroyed... by pooh-pooh!

[Teddy_boy]

I believe there are 2 typos in the heading.Perhaps a moderator will correct it?Or will they pooh pooh my suggestion?

[LazyGun]

Ahh, Blackadder, and the perils of pooh poohing a pooh pooh - classic!

[Teddy_boy]

No laughing matter Darling.