Everything you say is right, Matt, but I'd add one aspect that you didn't mention in discussing the woefully incompetent Cressida Dick. Sure she badly dealt with the Jean Charles de Menezes murder and the handling of the Sarah Everard vigil on Clapham Common, but almost worse than the former was her response to the report of the independent enquiry into Daniel Morgan's murder.
It found that the Met was institutionally corrupt and personally censured Cressida Dick for obstructing the enquiry, denying access to the police Holmes database system as it investigated the case. Her reaction? She didn't even bother to face the press, insisting that the force gave the enquiry team “the fullest level of cooperation - a cowardly reaction and a blatant lie. For that alone she should have been sacked ignominiously; instead, she was awarded a further two years to mishandle her "leadership" of the Met. Disgraceful!
Everything you say is right, Matt, but I'd add one aspect that you didn't mention in discussing the woefully incompetent Cressida Dick. Sure she badly dealt with the Jean Charles de Menezes murder and the handling of the Sarah Everard vigil on Clapham Common, but almost worse than the former was her response to the report of the independent enquiry into Daniel Morgan's murder.
It found that the Met was institutionally corrupt and personally censured Cressida Dick for obstructing the enquiry, denying access to the police Holmes database system as it investigated the case. Her reaction? She didn't even bother to face the press, insisting that the force gave the enquiry team “the fullest level of cooperation - a cowardly reaction and a blatant lie. For that alone she should have been sacked ignominiously; instead, she was awarded a further two years to mishandle her "leadership" of the Met. Disgraceful!
You’re absolutely right Richard.