Police should be chasing criminals, not Twitter ‘likes’, says PETER BLEKSLEY

AROUND 25 years ago, whenever there was a microphone in sight, Tony Blair would repeat his mantra of, 'education, education, education'. Ambitious police officers latched on to this and convinced their bosses to allow them to go to university. In a very short space of time, many more officers determined to climb the greasy pole of promotion followed suit.