Ian Blair
Ian Blair
Ian Warwick Blair, Baron Blair of Boughton, QPMis a retired British policeman who held the position of Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2005 to 2008 and was the highest-ranking officer within the Metropolitan Police Service...
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The second attacks on the 21st of July should not be taken as some indication that the weakening of the capability or resolve of those responsible,
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The threat remains as clear and manifest as it has ever since last July.
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It has facilitators, so we're looking for the bomb makers, we're looking for the chemists, we're looking for the financiers, we're looking for the people who groomed these young people, so it will be a wide network that we're trying to penetrate.
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These allegations strike to the heart of the integrity of the police and integrity of the Met and I fundamentally reject them. There is no cover-up.
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It's mostly been a very friendly and generally good atmosphere,
This is not the B-team. These weren't the amateurs. They made a mistake, they made one mistake. We are very, very lucky.
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I can remember being asked a question about a previous individual who was given a caution. I think that was a wrong decision.
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If something like one in nine Londoners is a Muslim, then I want one in nine police officers to be a Muslim. Which means we are currently about 2,000 short.
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What we have to do as a nation, and London as a city, is to get behind that figure and think what we are doing.
I'd much rather resign than be pushed.
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The community has been very much behind the Metropolitan Police after the events of July 7 and 21, and I think this is a very good example of that,