Justice for Andrew – He Died Serving Us!

PC Andrew Harper was a committed young police officer with his career lying ahead of him; a career in which he would have been repeatedly asked to put himself in harm’s way in order to protect the public and enforce law and order. He would have delivered on those...

The United Kingdom Lacks Unity

Listening to the news this morning, I felt my heart sink when the Scottish Government’s decision to enforce post-holiday self-isolation on returning travellers was announced. Not necessarily because it’s wrong, I’m not qualified to make that call,...

1 Month From Today

I am the first to admit that life has been good to me. I have enjoyed two wonderful careers in ICT and worked for and with some fantastic people along the way. I was also lucky enough to find my calling in the first career as a soldier and that doesn’t happen...

A Day Out At The Beach

I’m not a cynic by nature but when lockdown was first announced I really couldn’t see the general public getting behind it. My concern was how hard the police were going to have to work to enforce the situation without the appropriate statutory powers to...

What’s In A Name? – More Than You Think

I had heard the word BAME prior to the lockdown and to be completely honest, I thought here we go again with yet another completely unhelpful, divisive and unnecessary description of a part of our society. Well, since lockdown commenced we have witnessed some...