Tony

I thought if I did a stint in the police I could #MakeADifference and my kids and Grandkids would one day be proud of pictures of me doing it. The way things are going, the way it's all demonstrably two tier and going against our own, I now feel ashamed to have been part of it.

You say something on X, some agree, some disagree, some people disagree so much they challenge what you said. Others go further, not only do they challenge, they judge you the person for your comment, happens on any given issue and then to shut you up they they attack. Fine, no problem... These people flip then it back once they're counter attacked and become "the victim" Its narcissistic, they pray for rain and cry when storm clouds gather. This isn't a recent phenomenon, I see it over and over.

Its weird to hold something in my hand that I know My Great Grandfather once held in his, I get this out of a little hidey-hole where I keep it safe each year. #LestWeForget #ArmisticeDay2026

Gary Neville and the like clearly anticipate middle age white men could spoil Christmas so preventative measures have been planned accordingly.

And you want to send our fighting age men away to War @PeterBleksley?

Do they go after people like #RussellBrand and #Walliams because its easier at this point? Decades of r@pe and worse have been ignored by Government and authorities so lets get some good results in and shout it from the rooftops when we do. What these men have done is bad make no mistake and they should be punished if found guilty, but is it as bad as grooming with drink and drugs, r@ping then pimping out teenage girls, specifically targeting a different ethnicity on an industrial scale up and down the country? Some of these girls were murdered! Whats worse they were ignored when they sought help because authorities feared blowback and accusations of racism. Many of these politicians clutching their pearls now, voted AGAINST having an National GroomingGangs inquiry.

When I was 17 I was a glass collecter at my local pub, a rough pub synonymous with the Bestwood Cartel where I knew and spoke to all the well known Nottingham faces. I was a checky kid you'll be shocked to know, one of the big wind ups was I was at 17 a Virgin, women then pinched my bum regularly, had loads of banter with me and eventually under pressure to "pop my cherry" I did, she was 30. This was the 90s, things were very different then weren't they. (Not the woman I'm with in the picture)

Left My GrandFather Fred serving his country during WW2 as his Father had before him. Right 1948 my Father and his big Brother at the fair, two of four brothers born after the War. This is what it was all about, future Generations and Freedom. My Brother and I have passed that message on to our children because he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. Sadly I fear thats where we're heading because too many have forgotten or were never told. #LestWeForget #ArmisticeDay

A Remembrance poem from my Mother, shes rather good isn't she.

Please don't be abusive or aggressive or whatever to @Hill_Darran I've said my piece after he attacked me but I don't condone aggressive abusive stuff there's no need..... I can't read his replies because I un followed him and his account is protected. I also suggested he un folllows me......... he hasn't🤨

That's not my Missus in the picture btw, its the mother of my God Daughter.

The police were once us, normal everyday people now doing an abnormal job, often but not always people who'd lived a bit of life, seen things and done things, trades, military whatever. Another officer, similar age to me who also joined during the recession and has since returned to his trade (a sparkie) said this to me, there's no place anymore, in the police for normal people. Too many (but not all) have drank the woke Kool-Aid and can't relate to Joe public or read the room as they keep demonstrating with alarming frequency.

For me all are true: #RussellBrand is a wrongun. He probably needed locking up. Political influence has played a part Who you are or what you've said in public on unrelated subjects historically effects outcomes. Innocent or guilty, if you're a celebrity as soon as the Media and politicians repeatedly ask people to come forwards your fate is sealed. Where was the mainstream medias relentless appeal for more victims of the Grooming Gangs to come forwards?

If only decades ago they had made as big an example of the Pakistani R@pe Gangs as they are with #RusselBrand instead of looking the other way because they were scared of being thought racist. Imagine how many lives could have been saved?