Quote Originally Posted by johncar54 View Post
Brian Leonard Paddick (born 24 April 1958) is a British politician, and was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the London mayoral election, 2008, coming third behind Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone. He was, until his retirement in May 2007, Deputy Assistant Commissioner in London's Metropolitan Police Service and the United Kingdom's most senior openly gay police office


I didn't know Paddick as a colleague but from listening to his views I really don't see him as a typical copper, even if may have been at some time in his service (and he did leave 'under a cloud' having said police should ignore people using canabis).

He is now a politician. (He came third behind Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone, with 9.8% of first preference votes).

Forgive me for believing that what he says is more likely to be aimed at potential supporters than to be his true thoughts.
You could be right - I thought he came over with some valid points last night. But having only left a few years ago he's of a similar ilk to a fair few seniors still at the school - remember their former Head Boy "Sir" Ian Blair who's stock reply when his namesake Headmaster said "jump" was "how high"