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Who’s going to protect the public from the Met?
the Paddy McGuffin column

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, excuse this unseemly outburst of mirth but this column has just been informed that the Metropolitan Police has announced it is to boost its numbers of firearms cops by a quarter, “to protect the public.”

That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in years.

The Met protecting the public?

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