Suspicion of Conspiracy

Protesters who were forcibly policed by consent at Saturday's national toadying ceremony have received assurances that the Metropolitan Firearms and Headbangers Club does not intend to take further action against them. Naturally, certain uncharitable persons have chosen to see this as a further sign that the boot-boys in blue were more concerned with attacking the demonstration than with protecting public order; especially as the organisers claim to have been in contact with Scotland Yard for months in advance and to have received no objections. Having already had his collar felt over the National Johnson's plague parties, Fishy Rishi cautiously took a laissez-frapper view of the matter, proclaiming that police and government have nothing to do with one another and that, as befits an organisation recently found to harbour rapists, murderers and Conservative back-bench levels of corruption, racism and sexism, the Met make these decisions based on what they think is best.