former deputy assistant commissioner at the metropolitan police, stephen roberts, says dame cressida dick made big improvements at the force and shouldn t have gone from the top job. i think it was a very sad end to somebody who has given a0 years of very distinguished police service to the public of london and indeed to the public of the country. her departure will make, or will not make, the world a safer place. it will destabilise the met and frankly she has been dealt with in a very unprofessional, rude fashion. and in reality, cressida s career exemplifies the culture change that has been going on in the met for many, many years. we are at a stage now where we have more women chief officers, more women superintendents, more ethnic minority officers in all ranks and where the force is headed up by a woman,
in the force. joining me now is former deputy assistant commissioner at the metropolitan police, stephen roberts. stephen, thanks for being with us. what is your reaction to this news last night? i what is your reaction to this news last niuht? ~ .,, ., , last night? i think it was a very sad end to last night? i think it was a very sad end to somebody - last night? i think it was a very sad end to somebody who - last night? i think it was a very sad end to somebody who has| last night? i think it was a very - sad end to somebody who has given 40 years of very distinguished police service to the public of london and indeed to the public of the country. her departure will make, or will not make, the world a safer place. it will destabilise the met and frankly she has been dealt with in a very unprofessional, rude fashion. bi; unprofessional, rude fashion. by who? by the mayor of london are you saying? ba; who? by the mayor of london are you sa in: ? , who? by the mayor of london are
once again he has to break away from his party inside with republicans on how to address this crisis and that is certainly that we need to pursu energy independence here in our country to make us more secure and will make the world a safer place. those of us that have fought fo our country here recognize we want our government to have all the tools at its disposal, without having to send troops into harm s way and without having to ask american families to suffer more economic pain here at home. i know you served in the arm so you know from where you speak , do you believe that congress is doing enough to mak that point to the president tha we need to produce more energy here at home and we need to tak less energy from the russian spirit is that crystal-clear coming out of congress in your opinion? i think we need to be more clear and we need to say it
enrichment program. also that joe biden doesn t stand up to the climate alarmist at his own party. so what is happening here? joe biden is literally putting his party s radical agenda over your wallets. he s willing to give you a 40 year high with inflation. he is putting his radical agenda over the safety and security of the american people and frankly the safety and security of people around the world. he is going to make the number one state sponsor of terror rich again and none of that makes the world a safer place. sending money to a socialist dictator? sending an emissary over the weekend? that does not make the world a safer place. giving opec all the leverage they want over the u.s., that doesn t make the world a safer place. make no mistake, restricting oil and gas production here in the u.s. that will continue to spur massive inflation. obviously joe doesn t care.
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