Tag Archives: Ian Blair

Rotten apples and dictator mayors

Ian Blair: faux-liberal

James Turley assesses the politics around Sir Ian Blair's resignation Ian Blair: faux-liberalLast week's resignation of Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair followed a long period of mounting controversies. He had been ‘encouraged' to depart (he was the first commissioner to resign since 1918) by Boris Johnson, the London mayor, who argues that it is time for ...

‘Official anti-racism’ cracks again

The accusations of Tarique Ghaffur against the Metropolitan Police have given the lie to the state’s ‘liberal’ PR, argues James Turley On September 9, Metropolitan Police commissioner Ian Blair formally suspended an assistant commissioner, Tarique Ghaffur, from his duties. Less than a fortnight earlier, Ghaffur had staged a highly visible and incendiary press conference, in which he ...