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18 July 2011updated 05 Oct 2023 8:27am

Boris Johnson and the Met

Boris has never missed an opportunity to dismiss legitimate criticisms of the police and to defend t

By Adam Bienkov

Two years ago, Boris Johnson’s Policing Deputy declared that he and Boris had their “hands on the tiller” of the Metropolitan Police.

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