Dicks out

[Bosephine]

Apparently Cressida Dick has just resigned. Great news.

Tbh, she was promoted above her competencies many years ago.

Time for change, but sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for. Some of her potential replacements are not great options either.

She will not face any consequences. Full pension, the lot. She should be in jail.

Maybe she was at one of the parties.

Brilliant thread title, OP

Bravo on the thread title

@VladmirsPoutine

She will not face any consequences. Full pension, the lot. She should be in jail.

For what?

Who is likely to replace her?

She was a convenient stooge. New broom, same old shit...

Tbh, she was promoted above her competencies many years ago

No doubt, but it was only last September when they extended her term by 2 years, and by then most of the scandals had happened, or at least were known about

So I'd love to know the story behind the story ...

Pretty big news for London.

I really, really hope that change can come for the Met, London really needs a police force it can trust. I know it will take a long time but it would be good to see the process start.

People have been gunning for her more or less since her appointment.

All series of Prime Suspect are on ITV hub at the moment - have a look at the misogyny that was rife at the time she started her career, and think about what she had to overcome to be appointed. And then ask yourself who benefits most from her departure?

As a poster on the thread in 'politics' put it - Met facing a perfect storm of incidents of misogyny, so why now to force out the most senior woman officer?

ScrumptiousBears

Jean-Charles de Menezes

I really, really hope that change can come for the Met,

How on earth can anyone change the culture

As a poster on the thread in 'politics' put it - Met facing a perfect storm of incidents of misogyny, so why now to force out the most senior woman officer?

Yes there is that element.

No doubt she’ll be replaced with someone much better

It doesn't matter she's a woman. She was head of one of the most if not the most malignant institutions in the country. She should actually be in a jail cell.

@Craftycorvid

Popped in to applaud the title!

Hers is an unfortunate name IMO; sounds like an STI, as in ‘I’m afraid it’s a nasty case of Cressida Dick - antibiotics should sort it out....’

There was a question about her once on the TV quiz Pointless. The guy got her name wrong and called her Caressa Dick. He clearly did not realise the implication of what he said.

She should actually be in a jail cell.

I don't agree with that.

@labyrinthlaziness

Pretty big news for London.

I really, really hope that change can come for the Met, London really needs a police force it can trust. I know it will take a long time but it would be good to see the process start.

It is indeed big new for us.

It's a bit worrying though that her tenure was extended in September because there was no one else up to the job!

I actually think if she were a man she’d have been forced to resign some time ago, after the Sarah Everard vigil at the latest. Being a woman provided her with cover for the fact she presided over an era of such gross misogyny.

She should never have been allowed to resign. She should have been sacked a long time ago.

My O level Biology teacher was called Mrs Dick. More innocent times, or perhaps I was just particularly sheltered, but I don't remember too many jokes (girls' school, though).

Good news. After she directed the fuck up in which poor Juan Charles de Menezes was shot, she should surely have been ruled out of the top job.

Sorry, Jean, not Juan.

@VladmirsPoutine

It doesn't matter she's a woman. She was head of one of the most if not the most malignant institutions in the country. She should actually be in a jail cell.

And personally named in the Daniel Morgan report, when she was more junior. Corrupt then, corrupt now. She should have gone a long time ago.

she presided over an era of such gross misogyny.

I don't think the misogyny is anything new though. It's rooted in society so expecting it not to exist in the police force is unrealistic imo.