Sir Ian Blair, perhaps the most political policeman in Britain, has protested about the "politicisation" of his office. What really bothers him, of course, is not that the office should be politicised, but that its direction should be set by Boris Johnson, who is answerable to Londoners, rather than by him, Ian Blair. In a delightful slip, the Commissioner added: "I will continue to stay in offic...
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DanielHannan on 7th Aug 2008 (via blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
Sir Ian Blair has attacked Boris Johnson for abusing his powers as London mayor by forcing him out as the head of Scotland Yard.
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Telegraph on 28th Nov 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Ian Blair has resigned, citing friction between himself and London mayor Boris Johnson.
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PoliticsCoUk on 2nd Oct 2008 (via politics.co.uk)
Boris Johnson is, as I have long maintained, a great man. It is no small achievement to have prised the prehensile policeman away from his office. Sir Ian Blair announces his resignation I won't rehearse the case against Sir Ian Blair all over again. If you want the full charge-sheet, read this and this. The man was vain, touchy and inept, and presided over an unforgivable misdirection of the...
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DanielHannan on 2nd Oct 2008 (via blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
Sir Ian Blair has claimed that it is impossible to be the head of Scotland Yard without courting "controversy" in a direct parting shot to Boris Johnson the London Mayor.
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Telegraph on 27th Nov 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Letters shed light on the scale of the animosity between Sir Ian Blair the former head of Scotland Yard and Boris Johnson the London mayor who ousted him.
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Telegraph on 26th Jan 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Tony Travers: Removing Sir Ian Blair was a show of strength. The powerful will now trifle with Boris Johnson at their peril
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Guardian on 3rd Oct 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
Britain's top policeman Sir Ian Blair quits after being forced out of office by London mayor Boris Johnson.
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Telegraph on 2nd Oct 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Home Secretary attacks Boris Johnson for forcing the resignation of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair.
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Telegraph on 3rd Oct 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The scale of a behind-the-scenes row between the London mayor, Boris Johnson, and the police chief he later forced out was revealed yesterday, when an exchange of letters between them was published. Former Metropolitan commissioner Sir Ian Blair wrote to the then mayoral candidate in November 2007 after being incensed by his public suggestion that armed officers who mistook innocent Brazilian Jean...
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Guardian on 27th Jan 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
They couldn't get Tony, so they got his namesake: Boris Johnson told Sir Ian Blair yesterday that he wanted him gone, and twenty-four hours later he is history. David Blunkett has accused Sir Ian's political opponents (we assume that means the Tories, but also anyone else who opposed Sir Ian's liberal, inclusive approach which so flew in the face of police canteen culture) of "a lon...
