On last night’s Newsnight, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson made an extraordinary claim: that the way the police handled last summer’s riots was “a tribute to policing in London.” We don’t need a recap of the anarchy that went on in 2011 (see previous blogs) to offer a picture not so deserving of trumpets and medals of honour. But here’s an interesting and not to mention amusing video which highlight’s the Mayor’s unique approach to policing: Boris himself conducting dawn raids on suspected crack dens.
