Leaks Like A Sieve

I've come up with a defining new logo for the Metropolitan Police. 

Instead of that weird triangle thing that sits outside Scotland Yard - I suggest the authorities put up a giant sieve - because 'leaking like a sieve' is what the capital city's police force does best these days.

So why not make a virtue out of the situation - and give people a good laugh at the same time?

The latest police debacle comes as a crack investigation team investigated claims that the Met 'fitted up' a Government Minister - Andrew Mitchell - by leaking details (some of them false apparently) about what Andrew Mitchell allegedly said to police at the gates of 10 Downing Street one evening.

The affair has become known as 'Plebgate' - as the Government Minister allegedly called the police plebs which he vehemently denies.

But the plot grew curiouser and curiouser as an off-duty police officer claimed to witness the incident - even though a subsequent CCTV recording proved this to be untrue.

So the Met Police decided to investigate themselves to get to the bottom of what exactly happened on the night - only for the details of this investigation to be leaked to two national newspapers - both of which reported that the resulting inquiry had found that the police officers had not lied.

Allegedly - because the papers were reporting another Met Police leak rather than publishing a full report.

So how can this be possible - you might reasonably ask yourself - how can the Met Police go about investigating themselves and then add insult to injury by leaking  details of their inquiries to the media?

Well the answer to that is that the Met Police behave this way because no one stands up and says this is not good enough - which it's not, of course.

I can't think of a good reason why to explain why the inquiry is not being conducted independently - by the Independent Police Complaints Commission(IPCC) - which is what should have happened in the first place.