Suggestions for Paddick's next job?

[TeeJay]

In view of the following story, I was wondering what people would like to see Paddick do next?

"...Paddick confirmed to The Observer last night that he was considering retiring to enter politics or campaigning.

'I can retire in November 2006 on a pension after 30 years' service with the Met. I'm looking at all the options, including what I might usefully do if I retired from the police at that time. What I want to do is continue to make a positive difference in terms of talking about the way the world really is and seeking realistic solutions to social problems.'

Friends say he is interested in becoming a working peer, and has informal links with the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, but he would find being an MP too restrictive. One friend said:

'Brian is concerned that while people at the moment listen to what he has to say because he's a senior police officer who says things that top officers don't normally say, when he retires he will be simply a member of the public and people might not want to listen to him. So he wants to find a platform outside the police where his experience and different perspective can help stimulate honest debate. Is there something he could do after leaving the Met where he can carry on saying things that nobody else is prepared to say because it's all too politically dangerous?'...

...One colleague suggested that the only event that would prevent Paddick quitting would be a promotion to assistant commissioner, where he would have day-to-day charge of an area such as anti-terrorism or specialist police operations.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1664724,00.html

[laptop]

u75 fairy godfather and honorary moderator?

[TeeJay]

Oh yeah - and if he gets made a 'Lord' - suggests for the title. :)

[laptop]

Lord Brian of Kronstadt :D

[Cadmus]

Santa.

You get to campaign only once a year but the whole bloody world listens. :cool:

[Larry O'Hara]

he could head up an inquiry into how his Special Branch MI5 & Searchlight colleagues first allowed Nazi low-life David Copeland to bomb Soho in 1999, & then covered up afterwards....










No--thought not ;)

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[knopf]

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Asleep on duty again?

:p

[Streathamite]

we should get him to run against that useless deadweight Hoey. he'd win by a mile.

[memespring]

we should get him to run against that useless deadweight Hoey. he'd win by a mile.

That is an idea!

[TeeJay]

we should get him to run against that useless deadweight Hoey. he'd win by a mile.I doubt a Lib Dem or Con candidate would beat Labour in Vauxhall if he tries that (see article re. his 'informal contacts'). Even an independant would have a hard time of it simply due to voter inertia and people voting on national issues. It's a nice idea but I don't really think he would have that much of a chance in reality.

[Bob]

I saw him speak at the Lib Dem conference about a year back - he was very impressive. There's a thread about it somewhere...

[Streathamite]

I doubt a Lib Dem or Con candidate would beat Labour in Vauxhall if he tries that (see article re. his 'informal contacts'). Even an independant would have a hard time of it simply due to voter inertia and people voting on national issues. It's a nice idea but I don't really think he would have that much of a chance in reality.
so why not do a 'Tatton'?

[memespring]

so why not do a 'Tatton'?

You could do that on the basis of a representation gap. KH simply doesnt turn up in Parliament and when she does 99% of her speaches/questions are about non Lambeth issues. Her's her stats:

Majority 9977
Attendance 566th
Rebelliousness 25% (5th)
Questions asked 72 (106th)
Speeches made 61 (274th)

[untethered]

so why not do a 'Tatton'?

What - keep a nice safe Tory seat warm in the transition between a disgraced minister and one who's yet to have the chance: George Osborne?

[Streathamite]

see post above. whatever else can be said about Osborne, word reaches me he is a first-rate constituency MP. Hoey isn't, and the only likely replacement who ain't gonna be similarly supine are the 'sharons' (ward and malley) and possibly that donatus bloke.

[memespring]

Ive been running www.katehoey.co.uk since the election to try and keep track of what she's up to. I could really do with some help updating it though. Any volunteers?

[Larry O'Hara]

why not Paddick getting a job as Evening Standard restaurant critic? ;)

[Bob]

see piost abovre. whatever else can be said about Osborne, word reaches mje he is a first-rate constituency MP. Hoey isn't, and the only likely replacement who ain't gonna be similarly supine are the 'sharons' (ward and malley) and possibly that donatus bloke.

I understand on the grapevine that Pete Bowyer (labour councillor for Stockwell) is lining himself up for the selection. It's a fairly open secret that Hoey won't stand in 2009 so the selection will probably happen in the next year or so.

For those of you who aren't aware the local Labour party were criticised by the Standards Board for England (basically the sleaze watchdog for councillors) about the election campaign that Bowyer got elected in in 2003.

Originally posted on the Vauxhall Lib Dems website The Standards Board for England (which investigates the conduct of councillors) has concluded that two Labour Lambeth Councillors both breached the code of conduct and brought their position and the Council into disrepute.

Herne Hill Councillor Peter O'Connell wrote letters to voters in a by-election with misleading information about Lambeth's plans for door-to-door recycling, and about crime and anti-social behaviour, claiming that Lambeth did not routinely pass information to the police.

The Ethical Standards Officer noted that O'Connell did not check the accuracy of the letters with officers, who did not know that their comments were going to be quoted at all, and especially not in election material.

The Standards Board concluded that O'Connell failed to treat the officers with respect, compromised their impartiality and that he improperly conferred an advantage on the Labour candidate in the by-election, bringing his office and Lambeth Council disrepute. To date O'Connell has not apologised for his actions.

Councillor Gary Follis of Larkhall ward published two election letters that misquoted council officers in the run-up to the same council by-election in August 2003. Follis was the Labour candidate's election agent and a member of the by-election committee that approved the letters.

The Standards Board's conclusion was again that Follis brought his office and authority into disrepute.

[lang rabbie]

why not Paddick getting a job as Evening Standard restaurant critic? ;)

Lightning never strikes twice, surely :D

[Streathamite]

What - keep a nice safe Tory seat warm in the transition between a disgraced minister and one who's yet to have the chance: George Osborne?
I was referring - as has since been made clear - to the safe labour seat, vauxhall

[Stobart Stopper]

He's done 30 years, needs at least a year off IMO. Getting on a bit now, should start taking it easy! ;)

[Miscellaneous]

PM? :confused:

[untethered]

PM? :confused:

President. :D

[Miscellaneous]

President. :D

UN or US? :D

[William of Walworth]

I agree with TeeJay. Given that Hoey looks likely to retire by 2009 anyway, I don't think Paddick would stand much of a chance (unless he was the official Labour candidate, which is surely unlikely, to say the least).