Tag Archives: Simon Weston

Off The Record

TopOfTheCops can exclusively reveal today that Home Secretary Theresa May met with Falklands veteran Simon Weston at the end of January, and just days later he launched his ill-fated bid to stand as an Independent candidate to be Police and … Continue reading

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Simon says goodbye

The Guardian used to be called 'The Grauniad' because its feeble-minded correspondents seemed to lack the ability to spell. Since the advent of the spell-check the situation has not necessarilly improved. Today's coverage of Simon Weston's withdrawal from the race … Continue reading

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Remember not the sins of my youth?

So wrote David in Psalm 25, reflecting the idea that when we are young we all may do stuff that we shouldn’t, and would rather not have held against us for the rest of our lives (and beyond). While the … Continue reading

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A state of Independents shall be? Lessons from Simon Weston’s bid for TopOfTheCops in South Wales.

When Alun Michael (former First Minister) said he wanted to be TopOfTheCops in South Wales, he may have been thinking that a Labour nomination there was as good as getting elected, for he said he would step down as an … Continue reading

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