Last week, I super-glued myself to the Royal Bank of Scotland. It was the same branch that I walked past every day for the five years I lived in Edinburgh. The police station where I spent the night was the very same that I once lived opposite. If people are alarmed at the Royal Bank of Scotland’s investments, then perhaps it is the bank that should stand trial in Edinburgh rather than us cl...
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LiberalConspiracy on 30th Aug 2010 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
With Both the (Halifax) Bank of Scotland and the Royal Bank of Scotland likely to be in Government control for the time being - and certainly in more of a mess than Barclays, Lloyds and HSBC, would an Independent Scotland have gone the way of Iceland during this crisis, or would they have come cap-in-hand to the English as they did the last time they got ideas above their station? Scotland's banki...
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AVeryBritishDude on 14th Oct 2008 (via brackenworld.blogspot.com)
Anti-Heathrow protester walks into police station over stunt involving business secretary The climate change protester who threw green custard over Peter Mandelson has been arrested, Scotland Yard said today. Leila Deen, 29, attended a police station in central London "by arrangement" yesterday, according to a Metropolitan police spokesman. "She was arrested by officers from Westminster CID and wa...
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Guardian on 8th Mar 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
“Liberal Democrat Tom Brake says he saw what he believed to be two plain-clothes police officers go through a police cordon after presenting their ID cards. Brake, who along with hundreds of others was corralled behind police lines near Bank tube station in the City of London on the day of the protests, says he
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LiberalConspiracy on 10th May 2009 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
John Denham, Labour MP for Southampton Itchen, has welcomed news that Bitterne Police station will be retained. This follows Hampshire Constabulary's review of its estate, including its police station. During these tough times where our police are forces are facing 20% cuts from the Conservative-led Government, it is good news that Bitterne will be saved from the axe. Police forces across the...
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LabourMatters on 16th Jun 2011 (via labourmatters.com)
Police officers would "rather stay in the warm police station" than snare criminals, the Justice Secretary has said.
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Telegraph on 31st Dec 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Around 200 people gathered outside the Bank of England at lunchtime today to march to Bethnal Green police station to protest at the police tactics on the G20 demonstrations and the media coverage of the protests
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SocialistWorker on 4th Apr 2009 (via socialistworker.co.uk)
Police officers would "rather stay in the warm police station" than snare criminals, the Justice Secretary claims.
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Telegraph on 31st Dec 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
A man goes into a police station and tells the receptionist: "I have just killed two people". He's told not to queue jump and wait his turn. That's what happened to the man who turned himself in yesterday for the killing of the two French students in New Cross. He then waited for several minutes in the reception area of the Police Station until someone would see him. At any time he could have chan...
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IainDale on 14th Jul 2008 (via iaindale.blogspot.com)
When Halifax and NatWest were swallowed up by Bank of Scotland and the Royal Bank of Scotland there was not a word of dissent from English MPs. A couple were worried about job loses in their constituency but that was about it, no nationalist case was made. In Scotland there was much crowing
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LittleManInAToque on 18th Sep 2008 (via toque.co.uk)
Sutton Police Station's police cells were overflowing last Sunday, not with criminals, but with curious residents who came along to the open day organised by new Borough Commander, Guy Ferguson. An estimated 1800 visitors had a rare opportunity to see the custody suite and the CCTV system as well as exhibitions which held the interest of all ages. Police dogs, horses and vintage cars were on ...
