James Murphy

Have officially reached old age, broken a tooth eating a Wetherspoons Spice Bag chicken tender. I will not be accepting questions at this time whilst I look into care home options. #TripleLock

@WASPI_Campaign You deserve no money…. Grow up

The statement on today's government statement from Chair of Women Against State Pension Inequality, Angela Madden is this: “For 10 years we have been fighting for compensation. “The Government has fought us tooth and nail every step of the way. “Today’s announcement is a major step forward. We are seeking legal advice as to what this means for our judicial review. “The Government now knows it got it wrong and we are pleased they are now trying to do it properly. We hope they also try to do it quickly because every 13 minutes a WASPI woman dies. “The only correct thing to do is to immediately compensate the 3.6 million WASPI women who have already waited too long for justice.”

Not to bang on about Poundbury, but I find it interesting that the large buildings in Queen Mother Square are steel framed / masonry structure hybrids. Same construction as skyscrapers that went up across New York in the early 1900s. This account is pro steel frame.

Finally a cyclist I would be happy seeing on the road

He could fire his black arrow into me anyday

Last time wearing these… 38 years done. Time for a change of career.

(FULL SCENE) Batista, Joey Quinn and Masuka back on screen together for the first time in Dexter: Resurrection since season 8 of the original series ‼️ It’s so good to see Quinn and Masuka back! This was so PEAK 🤩🔥 Batista vs Dexter is happening, not ready for that.. 😭🥀

Flight from BOD is 3.5 hours delayed…. Expected landing at LGW 02:00…. Pray for my sanity xox

🌈🪩✨ #Pride2025

Getting Glasto fomo already even though there’s nothing I’d hate to do more than sleep in a hot tent for 5 days rn

𝐖𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐖𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬. Another day, another police officer dismissed. Not for corruption, violence or misconduct in the usual sense, but for how a sentence was worded on a form. Sergeant Tim Perrin, a highly respected officer with more than twenty years’ service in Devon and Cornwall Police, was dismissed without notice last month following a disciplinary panel that found his written explanation on a speeding exemption form was “misleading”. This was not a case of an officer trying to get out of a ticket and being caught red-handed. He was driving at 48mph in a 30 zone, in his personal vehicle, while responding to reports of a disorder and going to assist colleagues at Charles Cross Custody Centre in Plymouth on 20 August 2023. He submitted a formal exemption request, explaining the context. That request was denied. He accepted the outcome, paid the fine, and assumed the matter was over. But the force later launched misconduct proceedings on the grounds that the wording of his explanation was not sufficiently accurate. There is no suggestion he lied, nor that the event didn’t happen. It came down to interpretation. He was dismissed without notice for gross misconduct. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 It is difficult not to draw parallels with the recent dismissal of Police Constable Lorne Castle from Dorset Police. Another long-serving officer with a history of bravery and awards, who was removed from the job after a disciplinary panel decided the force he used during the arrest of a violent teenager was excessive, and that he had failed to show the subject “courtesy and respect”. The teenager in question had just assaulted an elderly man and a child, and a double-ended knife fell from his waistband during the arrest. There was no complaint made against Castle, and his actions may well have prevented further harm. But his career was ended after the incident was reviewed, in hindsight, by a panel applying textbook definitions of what “reasonable” should look like. In both cases, two officers with decades of service were dismissed. Not because they posed a danger to the public, or because they lied, or brought shame to the profession. But because, in the eyes of their organisations, the standards expected of them were not met to the letter. It is hard to ignore the similarity. Both men acted in situations involving real public risk. Both made decisions in the moment that are now being judged months later through a procedural lens. And both have been permanently removed from service, not because of who they are, but because of how their actions or wording were interpreted. 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐨 𝐈𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Let’s be clear. No one is saying police officers shouldn’t be held to account. Public trust relies on high standards, and the vast majority of officers agree with that. But when disciplinary processes begin punishing wording, tone or interpretation — particularly where no intent to deceive or cause harm is evident — then something is going badly wrong. Dismissal is supposed to be the last resort. It’s meant for serious breaches, or clear dishonesty, or repeated failures. Not a single form. Not a decision made in the middle of a shift to help colleagues during a live incident. Not for doing the job and then phrasing something imperfectly. Tim Perrin didn’t deny what happened. He paid the fine. His wording didn’t meet the panel’s standard, and that has now cost him his career. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝? This is the part that should worry everyone. Because if even long-serving, decorated officers can be sacked over form-filling or on-the-spot decisions reviewed months later by people with the benefit of hindsight, then who would want to step forward? Who would volunteer to help during an incident while off duty? Who would risk acting first, if the paperwork will be used against them later? As one officer put it, reacting to Perrin’s case: “If this is the bar for dismissal, no one is safe. We’re being judged on semantics rather than service.” They’re not wrong. 𝐒𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞? Because that’s what it looks like. These aren’t bad apples being rooted out. These are experienced officers, highly commended and publicly supported, who now find themselves without a job, without a pension, and without any clear path back. Meanwhile, the public sees the disconnect. They can tell the difference between an officer who’s abusing their powers and one who just got caught out by procedure. And they’re starting to ask the same thing: Who exactly are we protecting with decisions like these? Because it certainly doesn’t feel like it’s the public. Stay safe out there and look out for each other. #TimPerrin #LorneCastle #DevonAndCornwallPolice #DorsetPolice #PoliceDismissal #MisconductPanels #DisciplinaryProcess #PoliceFederation #EmploymentJustice #PoliceTribunal #OfficerMisconduct #PoliceAccountability #PolicingCrisis #FrontlinePolicing #PoliceMorale #PublicConfidence #JusticeForOfficers #LookAfterEachOther #UKPolicing #ThinBlueLine

The fund in respect of this gross miscarriage of justice perpetrated by senior Dorset police officers, is ticking over nicely. Read the circumstances first, then, with steam coming out of your ears, make your donation. gofund.me/cfa5a6b6

@Archiemurp And France 👀

You can use the gates entering the UK already 🥴

Look how much the 12 “cheesy” points from Italy meant to @remembermonday_ 🇬🇧

THIS just happened.👇   Wishing @RememberMonday_ the very best of luck in the @Eurovision Final in Basel this evening! 🎶 Band of the Irish Guards #Eurovision2025

@AchingRat And the force can remove your vetting if they so desire and you’ll never know why and nor able to appeal 🤦🏻‍♂️

Removing police officers' protection from being sacked due to malicious tactical complaints will not make the public safer. Anything but. Police will withdraw further from conflict. Morons.

Our plans to bring the Northern Runway into routine use will be a huge boost, not only to the local economy, but to the entire UK by: ​ 🤝 Creating 14,000 jobs ​ 📈 Adding £1 billion to GDP every year ​ 🧳 Boosting tourism ​ #GatwickForGrowth

Any SC followers on here transferred from the Met to CoLP/BTP? Think my time at the Met is coming to an end after 8 years and I’m at either the hang up my hat or transfer point. Any advice/thoughts appreciated!