I would prefer he had a sensible plan, that would need to include a massive expansion of the Police colleges and realistic targets by quarter. I would have hoped the new recruits would not be sent out on their own for example, but if you look at the logistics that would appear unlikely.

But I would have preferred not to have ended up in this mad situation. It isn't as though the Government wasn't warned. As I said previously, this will be an impossible programme and is populist in advance of a GE. And it just shows the massive mistakes made by the Government in recent years, not any great insight by the new Government.

Great. So respond to my point. Johnson has just dreamed up a figure. No targeting of need, no reinforcing the other supports that can affect crime rates, no plan for hiring and training. Just a vote winner for October. The Emperor has no cloths.

I did. Twice.

Shoplifting at Rumbelows and nicking milk don't count

Yes, a bit of nostalgia. Along with Brentford Nylons, John Collier, Freeman, Hardy & Willis, Victor Value,Timothy Whites, Lord John, MacFisheries, Lilley & Skinner and many others.

I don't care what you did.

I did reviews of how they manage their Human Resources.