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Reactions as Met now admit it was unacceptable to criticise Khan on Twitter

"Why are we surprised when whistleblowers don’t come forward if this is the attitude both the IOPC talked about and you’ve exemplified in relation to a blue-ticked account?”

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2022-02-18 08:42
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Scotland Yard has been forced to admit it was “unacceptable” for one of its official Twitter accounts to apparently criticise the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.

Khan criticised a tweet by an official Met account which retweeted a post pointing out that the process for sacking officers is independent of chief constables, with the comment: “Exactly this.”

Several hours after the post was deleted, a spokesperson for the Met said the tweet was “unacceptable and shouldn’t have been shared” from an official account.

In a post that has now been deleted, the Met Police Taskforce account appeared to agree with a journalist’s suggestion that Sadiq Khan “doesn’t understand” disciplinary procedures at the force.

The Taskforce replied: “Exactly this.”

Official Met Police accounts going after Sadiq Khan in a now deleted tweet pic.twitter.com/BmUWkyZCwg

— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) February 17, 2022

They said senior officers were “addressing the matter” and would remind colleagues “they are expected to be independent and impartial at all times, on and off duty, including on social media”.

Khan said: “When you have Met police accounts amplifying information that is misleading, how is it possible for officers concerned about behaviour of other officers to come forward?

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“Why are we surprised when whistleblowers don’t come forward if this is the attitude both the IOPC talked about and you’ve exemplified in relation to a blue-ticked account?”

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1.

It’s a gang, plain and simple

— Paul (@upwardhalo) February 17, 2022

2.

It seems that the Met Police had an issue with Khan even before Dick's resignation, but for some reason I can't quite put my finger on what it is…

— Aphex_Gwyn (@AphexGwyn) February 17, 2022

3.

Kinda proves that change was and is needed at the top of the @metpoliceuk if @MetTaskforce thinks it's ok to tweet this?

— Curious Dave 🌹 ✊ (@Curious_People) February 17, 2022

4.

Absolute balls that they’re impartial. They never have and never will be.

— 👩‍💻 Esther Baker 👩‍💻 (@Esther9982) February 17, 2022

5.

What a sick squalid outfit Dame Cressida Dick leaves behind. https://t.co/l4jVgBwFJn

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) February 17, 2022

6.

She is also leaving behind material for 20 seasons of Line of Duty. https://t.co/v6rhMTsmO2

— Nacho Morais😷💉 (@N4CM) February 17, 2022

Related: Dr Rosena Allin-Khan’s Question Time takedown of Partygate is must watch

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