EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE copper Richard Brunstrom has been nominated by The Daily Mail's peerless sketchwriter Quentin Letts as one of the 50 prime suspects he blames for wrecking our country.
Letts says of Brunstrom:
The traffic-crazed Chief Constable of North Wales Police has pursued motorists to the point of frenzy.
Brunstrom has said he is 'proud' of his 'obsession' with speeding motorists. Twenty-four hours a day he will chase them, seven days a week.
In his blog (why on earth should an officer of the law be paid to keep a blog?) he lovingly describes copping errant motorists on his days off - it passes the time, I guess.
In North Wales there are now almost as many speed cameras as there are mountain goats.
Until comparatively recently, police forces were led by Chief Constables who were selected from outside the police ranks.
The positions often went to retired generals or admirals, or to senior figures in the community who had a feel for public opinion.
We may not restore a sense of belief in our policing until we return to that practice and keep our thumbs firmly on swivel-eyed evangelists like Richard Brunstrom.
Other worthy additions to Letts' list are: Tony Blair, Tim Westwood (the tit off Pimp my Ride), John Prescott and Alan Titchmarsh.
