£20 grand for a tweet

[Vanden Saab]

Apparently owning 'brexity books is not against the law.

Telegraph said:

A retired special constable has been given compensation of £20,000 after being wrongly arrested over a social media post warning about rising anti-Semitism.
Julian Foulkes, from Gillingham, Kent, was handcuffed at his home by six officers after replying to a pro-Palestinian activist on X.
Kent Police officers searched his home and commented on his “very Brexity” book collection. The force detained the 71-year-old for eight hours, interrogated and issued him with a caution after officers visited his home on Nov 2 2023.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/31/kent-p...

[Patio]

Positive result for the fella

Hope he enjoys the ££££

[frisbee]

What are very Brexity books? Colouring books?

[Ridgemont]

The police bodycam stuff as published by the Telegraph is fairly shocking.

https://youtu.be/JVg25uBfrW4?si=_4LGbLNjf00QGie-


No doubt mistakes were made will assuage the usual defenders.

Because mistakes were made seems to be a regular drumbeat nowadays.

6 officers .
At one point the retired policeman queries that. Response ‘well two to escort you to the station and the others to erm… clear up’… ffs.

Edited by Ridgemont on Saturday 31st May 23:59

[Carl_VivaEspana]

frisbee said:

What are very Brexity books? Colouring books?

The Spectator, as I recall.

[bitchstewie]

Looks a complete mess from start to finish and I hope he enjoys his £20K and that the investigation into what went wrong leaves no stone unturned just because of the settlement.

[Crumpet]

Does anyone actually trust the police any more?

I suppose it’s nothing new; a car full of coppers crashed into my Dad’s stationary car back in the 80s. They all claimed he crashed into them and he ended up being the one at fault. He’s never been a fan, to say the least.

[PurplePenguin]

frisbee said:

What are very Brexity books? Colouring books?

No, the Labour manifesto is the colouring book…red not available

[ChocolateFrog]

Crumpet said:

Does anyone actually trust the police any more?

I suppose it s nothing new; a car full of coppers crashed into my Dad s stationary car back in the 80s. They all claimed he crashed into them and he ended up being the one at fault. He s never been a fan, to say the least.

Nope, not as far as I could throw them.

Atleast we know they're not underfunded, they can't possibly be.

[XCP]

Crumpet said:

Does anyone actually trust the police any more?

I suppose it s nothing new; a car full of coppers crashed into my Dad s stationary car back in the 80s. They all claimed he crashed into them and he ended up being the one at fault. He s never been a fan, to say the least.

And nothing has changed in the last 40 years? Righto.

[m3jappa]

I read a comment the other day about the police which I really thought hit the nail on the head.
It was along the lines of:

'the police, there to escalate any situation into a crime'

[robemcdonald]

If they did that to me I’d be wanting more than £20k.

It’s pretty shocking.

[bitchstewie]

Crumpet said:

Does anyone actually trust the police any more?

Broadly yes.

If you got attacked or your home got burgled you'd still call them.

You wouldn't not do so because of what happened to this guy or whatever else you read about that they get wrong.

[williamp]

Still, its only £20k of our money, Not like the Police will notice. Or even care...

[Mr Penguin]

Crumpet said:

Does anyone actually trust the police any more?

I suppose it s nothing new; a car full of coppers crashed into my Dad s stationary car back in the 80s. They all claimed he crashed into them and he ended up being the one at fault. He s never been a fan, to say the least.

No. I've known a few people join the police and they all change personality for the worse but as the saying goes one rotten apple spoils the barrel.

[Crumpet]

XCP said:

Crumpet said:

Does anyone actually trust the police any more?

I suppose it s nothing new; a car full of coppers crashed into my Dad s stationary car back in the 80s. They all claimed he crashed into them and he ended up being the one at fault. He s never been a fan, to say the least.

And nothing has changed in the last 40 years? Righto.

Clearly not, judging by the topic of this thread. And the couple who had eight police officers arrest them at home for WhatsApp messages……in fact it appears to have got much worse.

[Crumpet]

bhstewie said:

Broadly yes.

If you got attacked or your home got burgled you'd still call them.

You wouldn't not do so because of what happened to this guy or whatever else you read about that they get wrong.

I’m not so sure I would any more. Having been in that predicament a couple of years ago I gave them tons of CCTV footage, including daytime footage of the scum without balaclavas scoping out my house and car, and they did nothing due to lack of evidence. Fortunately I lost nothing, only a couple of snapped locks and a lot of sleep.

The result of nothing being done and a recorded crime…….uninsurable cars for twelve months and a doubling of home insurance. And before people say that insurance had gone up generally, I know, but my cars were insurable at the house opposite with a different post code and their home insurance wasn’t affected.

Of course I’d involve them if it was properly serious but I’d certainly think twice. This isn’t a case of lack of trust, admittedly, it’s more an awareness of their lack of effectiveness - which I’m sure is for many, many reasons including, it seems, wasting their limited resources on arresting innocent men.

[XCP]

Crumpet said:

XCP said:

Crumpet said:

Does anyone actually trust the police any more?

I suppose it s nothing new; a car full of coppers crashed into my Dad s stationary car back in the 80s. They all claimed he crashed into them and he ended up being the one at fault. He s never been a fan, to say the least.

And nothing has changed in the last 40 years? Righto.

Clearly not, judging by the topic of this thread. And the couple who had eight police officers arrest them at home for WhatsApp messages in fact it appears to have got much worse.

Well you believe that if you want to.
Personally I think the police these days are far more professional than those of 40 years ago.

[BikeBikeBIke]

bhstewie said:

Broadly yes.

If you got attacked or your home got burgled you'd still call them.

You wouldn't not do so because of what happened to this guy or whatever else you read about that they get wrong.

Would you trust them to attend and effectively investigate?

[Newc]

The compo payment should be taken from the pay of everyone involved in the decision to arrest, proportional to their rank.

What other incentives do they have to learn the actual law?