Blair's blunder.

By Sarah-Jane Hollands, Plod-Watch Duty Officer.
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Showing an alarming lack of sensitivity, Sir Ian (Plod) Blair has once again plunged head first into controversy.
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This time, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner sparked outrage countrywide, when during an attack on what he described as "institutional racism" in the British Media, he unbelievably claimed that "almost nobody could understand the level of interest in the Soham murder case"and continued "putting it bluntly, it is a quiet news day, it's August, these things can blow up. Sometimes it is difficult to understand why that is."
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Let us not forget that this blog first called for the resignation of Plod Blair as far back as last July, in the wake of the de Menezes shooting at Stockwell Station.
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It would appear that many people both inside and outside the Met believe that the time has come for Blair to stand down.
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Speaking as the mother of a ten year old girl, I feel that Blair overstepped the mark, by dragging the memory of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman into his petty squabbles with the media.

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I am not alone. A retired Met Police officer said Blair's words "read like a resignation letter".

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Once again, Sir Ian, we implore you - do the decent thing - resign, please and in future, consider the feelings of the Wells and Chapman families and let poor Holly and Jessica rest in peace.