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30 June 2022.

A celebration unsurpassed British policing.

Something to be proud of.

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>>24782659

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/23/scottish-police-officer-alan-greer-rapist-over-14-years

Scottish police officer was rapist who attacked women over 14 years

Alan Greer, who killed himself after officers visited his home, could be ‘Police Scotland’s Wayne Couzens moment’

Rachel Hall

23 Jul 2026

A police officer who took his own life in May was a rapist who attacked at least nine women over 14 years.

PC Alan Greer’s offending came to light when his first known victim, a woman he raped in her home in Glasgow in 2012 after she had called the police to report being the victim of a crime, reported the attack late last year.

Her disclosure prompted one of Police Scotland’s biggest anti-corruption inquiries, which so far has uncovered a further eight victims, five of whom were sex workers, whom Greer attacked while off duty.

A BBC Disclosure investigation has revealed that Greer used hundreds of sex workers throughout his police career, and it is anticipated more victims of his violence will be identified.

A source close to the investigation told the BBC the case resembled that of a Met Police officer who was jailed for the rape and murder of Sarah Everard in London five years ago, after missed opportunities to catch his offending. They said: “It feels a bit like this could be Police Scotland’s Wayne Couzens moment.”

Assistant chief constable Lynn Ratcliff, gold commander for the investigation, confirmed that the inquiry had found “truly shocking” evidence.

She said: “This officer has clearly abused his power and has revisited someone that he’s encountered in the course of his duties. But this victim was brave enough to come and speak to us, and that really was the trigger point for us starting our investigation.”

Greer, who was born in Australia in 1978, joined Strathclyde police in 2009 and had 17 years of apparently unblemished service. When he died in May he was 47, with a wife and child.

Greer’s family and colleagues are understood to have been oblivious to his violent double life. Senior officers insisted there were no opportunities to spot his offending sooner.

After the woman reported the sex attack that happened in 2012, the case was handed to the anti-corruption unit (ACU), which was able to identify the call she’d made in 2012 and the officers who had attended.

They found that, in the weeks after the attack, Greer had repeatedly monitored the woman’s crime file on the police computer for updates.

Anti-corruption detectives obtained his mobile phone number, which was then put through police intelligence databases, revealing a single piece of intelligence dating back to 2018, linked to that number, but with no name attached.

The intelligence was from a Glasgow sex worker and indicated that the owner of that phone number was a customer who had been violent.

This gave detectives grounds to monitor every keystroke that Greer had made on police computers, where they discovered that Greer had been searching the police system for traces of a complaint from a phone number belonging to a Glasgow sex worker.

A sheriff authorised a warrant to search his home and seize his devices, where officers found thousands of graphic videos and images, revealing that Greer had used hundreds of sex workers throughout his police career.

Officers are not yet even halfway through the files, but have already identified five sex workers who were seriously sexually assaulted and two female police officers Greer had taken inappropriate photographs of while they were training.

If Greer were alive, it is understood police would have sought charges of attempted murder in some of the cases due to the level of violence.

As Greer’s serial offending was emerging, social work officers, accompanied by local police, visited his home on 5 May to ensure his family were not in danger. Greer died by suicide the following day.

Ratcliff said that no red flags were missed, but added that Greer would not pass vetting checks today.

>>24782659

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24mpgme1v1o

Burns scholar unmasked as convicted paedophile is jailed for historical abuse

Chris Clements

24 July 2026

A convicted paedophile who changed his name and became president of the Robert Burns World Federation has been jailed for five years after more victims of his historical abuse came forward.

Marc Sherland, now 70, was found guilty in May of indecently assaulting three teenage boys at his Paisley home between 1988 and 1990.

He was originally convicted in 1991 of abusing two boys aged eight and 10 when he worked as a council youth worker in Renfrew.

Following his earlier conviction, he disguised his past as a sex offender by changing his name, before going on to become a cultural ambassador for Burns' poetry and the Scots language.

Sentencing him at Paisley Sheriff Court, Sheriff Gillian Craig said a five-year prison sentence would be followed by three years of supervision after his release.

She also imposed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order which prohibits him from having any contact with children for a period of 20 years.

Sheriff Craig said Sherland had "intentionally" gained employment working with children and that he had groomed them before carrying out his "appalling" offences.

She said Sherland's actions demonstrated his "evil intent" and a "clear pattern of predatory behaviour".

The harm caused to his victims throughout their adult life had been "devastating", the sheriff said.

She said Sherland had reported that he no longer had "deviant sexual interests in male children" but he had provided no evidence of this.

The social work report on him said he showed little to no remorse or insight, the sheriff said.

Peter – not his real name – is one of three men who gave evidence against Sherland in May.

He was 16 when he came into Sherland's orbit through his school and community centre in Renfrewshire.

At the time, Sherland was in his 30s and known as Douglas Stuart Hammond.

He worked as an education community worker for the old Strathclyde Regional Council.

Peter, now 52, told a jury during the trial that he was assaulted when he visited the predator's home in Stock Street, Paisley, in 1990.

He told the BBC that - after 35 years of silence - he reported it to police after discussing the incident with a mental health worker.

"I'll be honest with you, it's really hard to explain for me because I'm really just getting a grip of it myself," he said.

"I had a lot of personal problems, but the counsellor said that maybe [the assault] was at the root of it all.

"She said: 'The fact that you've got all that guilt and all that, I don't know, shame…' And she suggested that I report it. So I did."

Peter said: "I didn't realise at the time that he was still alive. I'll be perfectly honest with you. So it was kind of a shot in the dark I suppose."

He said his reason for speaking out was because he believes other young boys were abused by the man he knew as Hammond. He urged them to come forward.

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"He is a deceitful man," Peter said.

"He used his intelligence to plot a path for himself.

"I feel relieved that I've done it, that I reported it and went through the full process.

"It's caused me grief, but it's also lifted a good bit off my shoulders."

Previous conviction

A year after his assault of Peter, Sherland - then known as Hammond - was convicted of abusing two boys.

His earlier trial heard that as many as 200 children had visited his home.

In the mid-1990s, Hammond changed his name to Marc Sherland.

This change took place before the introduction of the sex offenders register in 1997.

As Sherland, he reinvented himself as a poet and, in 2020, he became president of the Robert Burns World Federation.

The organisation is a literary society that promotes the Bard's work through education and connections between Burns Clubs.

Sherland promoted Burns' work by attending formal events, hosting school poetry competitions and speaking at Holyrood's Cross-Party Group on the Scots Language, external.

In 2014, he also made an appearance on a special edition of BBC's The One Show ahead of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he read his own poetry live on television in support of the Better Together campaign.

Sherland's past as Hammond was uncovered by the Sunday Mail in 2024, external.

Peter and two other men reported attacks by Sherland in 2024 and 2025.

In May, after a trial at Paisley Sheriff Court, Sherland was convicted of indecently assaulting two boys – aged between 13 and 16 – and another who was over 18.

The court heard he had come across his victims through his work at the former Cherrie Centre, a community complex in Renfrew.

Anne Marie Hicks, procurator fiscal for North Strathclyde, said he "abused his position as a youth worker to sexually abuse vulnerable children".

She said: "This was a sustained pattern of offending against three boys. He exploited the trust placed in him by the victims, using his role and familiarity with them to commit these offences.

"I would like to acknowledge the courage shown by the victims in coming forward and giving evidence.

"Their willingness to speak about what Sherland did to them was instrumental in securing this conviction."

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https://news.sky.com/story/former-police-inspector-jailed-for-10-years-over-sex-attacks-on-young-men-in-custody-13566561

Former police inspector jailed for 10 years over sex attacks on young men in custody

Gerard Hutchings, 67, made his victims remove their clothes before subjecting them to sexual assaults while they were in police custody.

24 July 2026

A former police inspector has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual offences against young men in custody.

Gerard Hutchings, 67, abused 18 young men, aged in their late teens to early 30s, in custody at police stations in Hampshire between 1999 and 2007.

He made the men remove their clothes before subjecting them to sexual assaults, Bristol Crown Court heard.

Hutchings had denied five charges of indecent assault, five of causing a person to engage in a sexual activity without consent, and one of misconduct in a public office. A jury found him guilty on all counts.

The former police inspector previously admitted to 17 counts of misconduct in public office.

The 18 victims, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were subjected to unjustified and illegal strip searches by Hutchings while being handed a caution or reprimand for minor offences like shoplifting or possessing cannabis, the court heard.

He also sexually assaulted some of them during these procedures.

Hutchings, from Southampton, was previously jailed for 16 months in 2008 after admitting to 11 counts of misconduct in a public office for similar offending.

He was sacked by Hampshire Police in 2007 following the complaints.

In 2020, the force launched a new investigation after receiving a report from a man who was similarly searched by Hutchings in 2005. Officers identified a further 17 victims from 373 people who were named in Hutchings' police notebook.

Judge William Hart told Hutchings that his abuse of the victims was "made more grave by the seniority of your rank".

He said: "All the offences involve abusing your power and position of authority as a police inspector to conduct, in private, completely unwarranted strip searches of male detainees and, in the case of those who gave evidence in the trial, to indecently assault them and cause them to engage in sexual activity against their will and without their consent.

"You enjoyed both the humiliation and obtained some perverted sexual gratification from what you did. This was a course of abusive conduct, stretching over many years and involving many victims."

Hutchings 'tainted my innocence'

On Friday, men who had been abused by Hutchings read victim personal statements in court.

One said: "You, a senior officer, acted in a calculating and predatory way which tainted my innocence. I was groomed to silence as a minor by an adult - you - for your own sexual perversion."

Another told the court that hearing police sirens left him "wracked by surging anxiety, then deep, seething disdain" for years.

A third said he had been a "happy go lucky 21-year-old" until he was abused by Hutchings, leaving him feeling "disgusting, belittled and ashamed".

The wife of one man, now a father-of-two, wept as she read a statement written by her husband - calling the abuse "heartbreaking".

Anthony Johns, of the Crown Prosecution Service, praised the victims for coming forward, calling their evidence "vital in bringing Hutchings to justice".

Speaking for Hampshire Police after the hearing, Detective Chief Superintendent Paul Southey also commended the victims for their courage, saying: "It has been incredibly difficult for them to revisit a traumatic event in their past that no-one should have had to experience.

"Hutchings exploited the trust placed in him to commit appalling offences against these young men. His actions have had a profound and lasting impact on them. I am deeply sorry for the suffering they have endured."

He added that "people like Hutchings have no place in policing" and that officers would do "all we can to root out those who think they can abuse the trust of the people we serve".

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https://www.childabuseinquiry.scot/sites/default/files/2026-02/%28Peter%29%20KPW%20Witness%20Statement.pdf

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry

Witness Statement of KPW (Peter)

Support person present: Yes - Craig Christie , Solicitor, Drummond Miller, Glasgow.

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https://www.childabuseinquiry.scot/sites/default/files/2026-02/%28Peter%29%20KPW%20Witness%20Statement.pdf

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry

Witness Statement of KPW (Peter)

Support person present: Yes - Craig Christie , Solicitor, Drummond Miller, Glasgow.

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Re, page 40 and the £1.6 billion pot of money, that he knew nothing about?

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/alex-salmond-against-holding-child-23080064

Alex Salmond was 'against holding child abuse inquiry'

Deputy First Minister John Swinney said there was a difference of views among senior SNP figures.

Emma O'Neill & Andy Philip

27 Nov 2020

Former First Minister Alex Salmond and other influential figures in the Scottish Government were against holding an inquiry into the abuse of children in care, John Swinney has said.

Speaking at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry on Friday, the Deputy First Minister said there was clear division between ministers on the decision to hold a public investigation.

He said an inquiry was authorised "after the change of First Minister had taken place".

James Peoples QC, senior counsel to the inquiry, said that on Thursday Mike Russell told him "influential figures, including Alex Salmond, Kenny MacAskill and the then lord advocate Frank Mulholland were not persuaded" of the need for an inquiry.

Swinney agreed, saying: "In 2014, there was a difference of views in Cabinet in the summer of 2014 if there should be an inquiry."

Peoples said: "Mike Russell described it as 'quite robust'. He said one school of thought was that the time taken, the cost involved, didn't support the need for a public inquiry. Whereas Mike Russell was putting forward another view of what do survivors want?"

Swinney responded: "There was a perfectly respectable debate among Cabinet but there were two opinions.

"One argument was that the inquiry would not address the issues and would not deliver the outcomes survivors hoped for.

"Mike Russell had engaged heavily with survivors and his view was we had to confront this issue as a country, to do justice for survivors to enable them to have their experiences documented, understood and reflected on, and for the state to accept responsibility for what happened to them. I supported him in that view in Cabinet.

"The inquiry was authorised in December after the change of First Minister had taken place. Without a doubt, there was a division of views in Cabinet."

Swinney also said the cost of an inquiry would not have been a deterrent, saying: "I've seen a lot of traffic about money in the papers and I was finance minister for nine years, so I controlled that money.

"Ironically, in the period after 2007, the financial issues were a lot less than in early 2014.

"When I came to office in 2007, I was pleasantly surprised there was £1.6 billion in an account in the treasury that hadn’t been spent.

"When I was going through the accounts in 2006 and saw that, I thought that would be quite handy to have that. We still had the block grant and there was £1.6 billion that had not been spent, which I found quite surprising."

Peoples asked: "Although you weren't approached about finding money for an inquiry, there was money there?"

Swinney said: "There was a hidden money tree at that point. So the idea that money was an issue – I had the ability to fund the financial priorities my colleagues found to be important."

The latest phase of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, heard before judge Lady Smith, is exploring reasons why calls between August 2002 and December 2014 for a public inquiry to be held were resisted by ministers.

The current inquiry was set up in October 2015. It is investigating abuse of children in care in Scotland or where their care was arranged in Scotland.

The inquiry continues.

>>24782679

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2066430146865746323

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History contains a simple lesson - Constitutions fail and then, crowns fall.

For centuries, Britons have been taught that the Crown stands above politics.

There is however, something else which stands above politics.

The constitution itself.

The question explored in this two-part series is not whether one supports or opposes the monarchy.

It is far more fundamental than that.

Can any Crown remain secure if the constitutional foundations upon which it rests fail?

The monarchy does not exist independently of the constitution - It exists because the constitution exists and if confidence in constitutional safeguards collapses, the question inevitably moves upwards through every institution built upon them - Ultimately, even the Crown.

These papers examine a question which many would prefer not to ask…

"If constitutional integrity is the foundation of national legitimacy, what becomes of institutions which depend upon that foundation, once public confidence has come to an end?"

Part 1: https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/The_Crown_and_

the_Collapse.pdf

The Crown and the Collapse: How the Monarchy Depends on the Constitution

Introduction

The British monarchy is often portrayed as timeless, above politics and a symbol of stability. Yet, its very existence rests on something fragile: the United Kingdom’s constitution. Unlike countries with a single codified constitutional text, Britain’s monarchy stands on a patchwork of statutes, conventions and historical precedent. If those foundations falter, so too does the monarchy.

1. The Statutory Foundations of the Crown

The monarchy no longer exists by divine right but by law. Its survival rests on specific constitutional statutes:

- Bill of Rights 1689

- established parliamentary supremacy over the Crown.

- Act of Settlement 1701

- determined the succession line and excluded Catholic monarchs.

- Coronation Oath Act 1688 - bound the monarch to uphold the law and the Protestant religion.

- Royal Marriages Act 1772 / Succession to the Crown Act 2013

- regulated succession and marriage rules for royals.

These laws confirm a simple fact: the monarchy is a creature of statute. It continues to exist because Parliament says it should.

2. Parliamentary Supremacy and the Crown

Every prerogative power of the Crown (appointing ministers, making treaties, declaring war) is now exercised by ministers accountable to Parliament. The monarch signs bills and appoints Prime Ministers, but these actions are bound by convention and parliamentary control.

If Parliament were to legislate tomorrow to abolish the monarchy, the Crown would end instantly in law. The monarchy’s survival is therefore inseparable from parliamentary supremacy.

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ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

History contains a simple lesson - Constitutions fail and then, crowns fall.

For centuries, Britons have been taught that the Crown stands above politics.

There is however, something else which stands above politics.

The constitution itself.

The question explored in this two-part series is not whether one supports or opposes the monarchy.

It is far more fundamental than that.

Can any Crown remain secure if the constitutional foundations upon which it rests fail?

The monarchy does not exist independently of the constitution - It exists because the constitution exists and if confidence in constitutional safeguards collapses, the question inevitably moves upwards through every institution built upon them - Ultimately, even the Crown.

These papers examine a question which many would prefer not to ask…

"If constitutional integrity is the foundation of national legitimacy, what becomes of institutions which depend upon that foundation, once public confidence has come to an end?"

Part 2: https://ethicalapproach.co.uk The_Crown_and_the_Collapse_Part_2.pdf

The Crown and the Collapse: A Public Review of Monarchical Necessity in Britain

By Ian Clayton - Ethical Approach UK

September 2025

1. Introduction

The British monarchy has long been regarded as the symbolic cornerstone of national unity, continuity, and stability. Yet symbols, however revered, derive legitimacy only through the living constitution they embody.

At the heart of the question now confronting Britain lies this: if the constitution itself collapses, through capture, complicity, or silence, does the monarchy remain necessary, or does it become redundant?

This paper offers a public review of the monarchy’s necessity in the context of an evident constitutional breakdown.

2. The Monarchy’s Constitutional Role

Formally, the monarchy remains the legal foundation of governance:

- The Crown in Parliament – legislation derives its authority through Royal Assent.

- The Crown in Executive – the government rules in the name of the Crown.

- The Crown in Justice – prosecutions are brought on behalf of the Crown.

In theory, the monarchy thus embodies the balance of powers. In practice, however, modern convention has reduced the monarchy to a silent figurehead.

Intervention in political or legal matters is viewed as improper.

This raises a critical tension: if the monarchy is silent even at the moment of constitutional collapse, is it truly fulfilling its purpose?

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>>24919179 (You)

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2066430146865746323

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ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

History contains a simple lesson - Constitutions fail and then, crowns fall.

For centuries, Britons have been taught that the Crown stands above politics.

There is however, something else which stands above politics.

The constitution itself.

The question explored in this two-part series is not whether one supports or opposes the monarchy.

It is far more fundamental than that.

Can any Crown remain secure if the constitutional foundations upon which it rests fail?

The monarchy does not exist independently of the constitution - It exists because the constitution exists and if confidence in constitutional safeguards collapses, the question inevitably moves upwards through every institution built upon them - Ultimately, even the Crown.

These papers examine a question which many would prefer not to ask…

"If constitutional integrity is the foundation of national legitimacy, what becomes of institutions which depend upon that foundation, once public confidence has come to an end?"

Part 2: https://ethicalapproach.co.uk The_Crown_and_the_Collapse_Part_2.pdf

The Crown and the Collapse: A Public Review of Monarchical Necessity in Britain

By Ian Clayton - Ethical Approach UK

September 2025

1. Introduction

The British monarchy has long been regarded as the symbolic cornerstone of national unity, continuity, and stability. Yet symbols, however revered, derive legitimacy only through the living constitution they embody.

At the heart of the question now confronting Britain lies this: if the constitution itself collapses, through capture, complicity, or silence, does the monarchy remain necessary, or does it become redundant?

This paper offers a public review of the monarchy’s necessity in the context of an evident constitutional breakdown.

2. The Monarchy’s Constitutional Role

Formally, the monarchy remains the legal foundation of governance:

- The Crown in Parliament – legislation derives its authority through Royal Assent.

- The Crown in Executive – the government rules in the name of the Crown.

- The Crown in Justice – prosecutions are brought on behalf of the Crown.

In theory, the monarchy thus embodies the balance of powers. In practice, however, modern convention has reduced the monarchy to a silent figurehead.

Intervention in political or legal matters is viewed as improper.

This raises a critical tension: if the monarchy is silent even at the moment of constitutional collapse, is it truly fulfilling its purpose?

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>>24782679

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2066636970386715002

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

A little tale about the crime report that apparently did not warrant investigation, but nontheless reached the attention of policing command, throughout the UK.

From London to The Whole UK:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/from_London_to

_the_whole_uk.pdf

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Why did a report submitted at a West London Police Station become the subject of national operational communications issued by operation Talla Silver Command to every Chief Constable and Force Gold Officer in the country?

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/from_London_to_the_whole_uk.pdf

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https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2066636970386715002

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

A little tale about the crime report that apparently did not warrant investigation, but nontheless reached the attention of policing command, throughout the UK.

From London to The Whole UK:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/from_London_to

_the_whole_uk.pdf

Image

Why did a report submitted at a West London Police Station become the subject of national operational communications issued by operation Talla Silver Command to every Chief Constable and Force Gold Officer in the country?

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/from_London_to_the_whole_uk.pdf

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https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2066636970386715002

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

A little tale about the crime report that apparently did not warrant investigation, but nontheless reached the attention of policing command, throughout the UK.

From London to The Whole UK:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/from_London_to

_the_whole_uk.pdf

Image

Why did a report submitted at a West London Police Station become the subject of national operational communications issued by operation Talla Silver Command to every Chief Constable and Force Gold Officer in the country?

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/from_London_to_the_whole_uk.pdf

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https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/police-scotland-dropped-alex-salmond-37553047

Police Scotland dropped Alex Salmond perjury probe due to lack of proof

James Hynd, a senior Scottish Government civil servant, was investigated for two years by cops amid claims he lied under oath to a Holyrood Inquiry.

David Walker

14 Aug 2026

Police Scotland dropped a perjury probe into a senior SNP Government civil servant after running into a dead end in the investigation. The force confirmed it had begun looking into claims James Hynd lied under oath during the Scottish Parliament's Alex Salmond Inquiry in May 2024.

Mr Hynd gave evidence at the Holyrood Inquiry in 2020, with MSPs finding that the government investigation into Mr Salmond was "seriously flawed". The former First Minister alleged there was a conspiracy among senior SNP figures, including Nicola Sturgeon, to imprison him, although she strongly denied this claim.

Mr Hynd was responsible for drawing up the Scottish Executive's policy on the handling of complaints involving former and current ministers – the policy under which Mr Salmond was investigated. It is not known what part of the evidence was being looked at as potentially criminal.

Cops have confirmed that the investigation came to an end on June 29 this year, and that no one was being charged with any crime. And now a freedom of information response has revealed exactly why no further action was taken against Mr Hynd.

It claimed the crime was "undetected" and that there were "no further lines of enquiry". This is typically used when something has been reported, and all logical, practical investigative steps have been exhausted without identifying a suspect or any wrongdoing. At this stage, the investigation is typically filed or closed pending new evidence.

The document also revealed that the cops didn't ask for advice or guidance from the Crown Office over whether Mr Hynd should be charged, but did keep prosecutors up-to-date with the progress of the case. The Scottish Government was also contacted to organise witness interviews and for other information.

Named Operation Broadcroft, the probe came to light in August 2024 during a hearing over Mr Salmond's malfeasance case against the SNP Executive. His lawyer Gordon Dangerfield told the Court of Session that a Police Scotland probe into Mr Hynd was being headed by a senior detective.

He said that the investigation was looking into claims that a "very, very senior civil servant - Mr James Hynd - gave a false statement on oath at the inquiry". He used this in an attempt to get the case paused until the probe ended, with the civil case expected to restart before the end of the year.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said about Operation Broadcroft: "Following a complaint in relation to evidence provided to a Scottish Parliament committee, an investigation was carried out and no further action is being taken."

Mr Salmond's case has been taken on by millionaire businessman and GUN drummer Paul McManus, who is funding it privately. He is adamant that it will go ahead and he will drag Nicola Sturgeon into court. Mr Salmond, who died in October 2024, has always claimed there was a conspiracy to destroy his reputation and ensure he never made political comeback.

There were doubts the malfeasance case would go ahead due to his estate being placed into sequestration - equivalent to bankruptcy - but it is still running, with Mr Salmond's widow signing the rights of the case over to Mr McManus.

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>>24782677

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/incoming/notorious-sex-beast-jimmy-savile-37546859

Notorious sex beast Jimmy Savile helped King Charles appoint his right hand man

Bewildered Sir Christopher Airy was interviewed in Kensington Palace by the depraved TV personality, who was wearing a silver jumpsuit

Ben Borland

13 Aug 2026

King Charles is searching for his next Principal Private Secretary after long-serving right-hand man Sir Clive Alderton announced his departure.

Sir Clive is the 25th holder of the office of Private Secretary to the Sovereign, although he has been with the King and Queen Camilla since 2006. He joined as the couple's Deputy Private Secretary and was later promoted the top post.

One of his predecessors as Principal Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales was Sir Christopher Airy, who was appointed in 1990 by Prince Charles (as he was then) and Princess Diana.

Remarkably, he was recommended for the role by Jimmy Savile – the 'Jim'll Fix It' TV personality who was once on first name terms with the King and many other members of the Royal Family.

Although rumours and claims of abuse swirled around Savile throughout his life, it was only after his death in 2011 that he was unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific paedophiles and sex offenders.

Sir Christopher, who served with the Scots Guards and became one of Britain's top Army officers, only stuck out his royal role with Charles and Diana for a year before retiring to Somerset with his wife. He died in April 2025, aged 91.

Writing in the Daily Mail, the Ephraim Hardcastle column noted that an "open and rigorous" recruitment process was already underway to find the King's next right-hand man.

Hardcastle adds: "All a far cry from less formal days many moons ago: prior to hiring Sir Christopher Airy as his PS in 1990, Charles sought guidance on the appointment from unofficial royal adviser Jimmy Savile."

The King and Savile first bonded in the 1970s and they maintained a controversial friendship for decades, with Charles often approaching the TV star and charity fundraiser for advice and PR guidance.

According to Tom Bower's 2018 biography of the King, called Rebel Prince, Savile was asked to 'vet' Sir Christopher after a period when Charles had burned through four secretaries in seven years.

The bewildered former Major General was interviewed in Kensington Palace by Savile, who was wearing a silver jump suit. Later, according to Bower, Charles sent Savile a box of Havana cigars (a gift he had received from Fidel Castro) with a note saying: "Nobody will ever know what you've done for this country, Jimmy."

In 1989, Savile – who had a cottage in Glencoe where he spent much of his time – even helped prodcue an unofficial handbook for the royals on how to deal with the media during a crisis, which Charles shared with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

Charles wrote to Savile: "I attach a copy of my memo on disasters which incorporates your points and which I showed to my father. He showed it to H.M."

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/bring-bulldozers-scottish-parliament-building-37542476

Bring in the bulldozers! Scottish Parliament building gets absolutely destroyed on social media

'Hideous', 'awful', 'a dog's breakfast', 'an absolute eyesore' and 'entirely out of place in the Royal Mile' – is there anybody with anything good to say about the Scottish Parliament?

Ben Borland

12 Aug 2026

An ironic comment about the Scottish Parliament building by a policy and planning expert has brought an avalanche of criticism down on Holyrood's roof.

Ben Southwood tweeted: "It's worth remembering that the Scottish Parliament building was controversial when it was built –– some even called it an eyesore –– but it is now considered one of the most treasured and beautiful buildings in Britain!"

He was trying to make the opposite point (i.e. that few people consider that to be the case) to support his argument that ugly buildings will almost always be regarded as ugly, even years in the future, and therefore we should design buildings and homes that people like looking at.

However, hundreds of people have taken his words at face value, including the Dumfries and Galloway MP John Cooper who said: "It's awful. A concrete bunker inside, a jarring jumble outside. Entirely out of place in the Royal Mile."

And the veteran Scots journalist Andrew Neil responded: "Still looks like a dog's breakfast to me. But the inside is impressive. The political class knows how to look after itself. And exactly who has called it 'one of the most treasured and beautiful buildings in Britain'?"

Other notable critics included the former Scottish Labour MP Tom Harris, who said: "The thing about iconic buildings is that you can usually doodle something that is recognisable as the building, whether it's Big Ben or the Eiffel Tower, etc. I've lived in Scotland my entire life, I've visited Holyrood dozens of times and I can't think of one detail that sticks in my memory."

But it was the members of the public who were the most scathing about the Holyrood building. Alan Neil Duncan said: "It's an expensive eyesore. It was massively over budget and expensive when built, it's hugely expensive to maintain today and it's still an ugly concrete monstrosity. Close it down and bring in the bulldozers, add some more land to the Royal Park."

An X user called 'Tony Tabby' said: "Fanciful design at an eye-watering price. A disaster from day one, unsafe beams suspended over the chamber. A reception desk that cost £300k+, ridiculous number of overpaid flunkies to aid the pampered MSPs and the 56 List MSPs nobody voted for."

Others described it as "hideous", an "absolute eyesore" and a "waste of public money", while the mysterious Brian Spanner X account declared: "It looks like an entry in a Blue Peter competition to recreate Tracey Island."

And campaign group The Majority – which has been spearheading the #ScrapHolyrood campaign – declared simply: "It's the ugliest building in Scotland. Inside and out."

The building was designed by the controversial Spanish architect Enric Miralles, who died before it was completed. Construction began in 1999 with a cost estimate of between £109million and it finally opened in October 2004, three years behind schedule and at a cost of £430m.

The roof was inspired by upturned herring boats that Miralles once saw pulled up on a beach and he is said to have arrived at a planning meeting clutching some twigs, moss and leaves, declaring: "This is the Scottish Parliament." The curiously-shaped panels are thought to be a representation of the famous Raeburn painting of a skating minister.

He said in 1999: "We don't want to forget that the Scottish Parliament will be in Edinburgh, but will belong to Scotland, to the Scottish land. The Parliament should be able to reflect the land it represents. The building should arise from the sloping base of Arthur's Seat and arrive into the city almost surging out of the rock."

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>>24782670

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16696563/paedo-scots-teacher-abuse-teens-cleared-filming-schoolgirl/

BEAST CLEARED Paedo Scots teacher who sexually abuse three teens cleared of filming schoolgirl in supermarket

David Meikle

17 Aug 2026

A DISGRACED teacher who was jailed after preying on vulnerable pupils has been cleared of filming a schoolgirl in a supermarket.

Bruce Rankin, 68, was alleged to have recorded the 13-year-old in Sainsbury’s in his hometown of Strathaven, Lanarkshire.

The girl was said to have been in her school uniform when the recording was allegedly made.

It was claimed she suffered fear and alarm as a result of the alleged incident in May last year.

Rankin appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and pled not guilty to a single charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by filming her ‘without her knowledge or consent’.

Prosecutors accepted that plea and he was allowed to leave the dock after a brief hearing.

Matthew McGovern, defending, said: “He pleads not guilty to the charge on the indictment and I believe that will be accepted by the Crown.”

Depute fiscal Kevin Morrow replied: “That plea is acceptable.”

Sheriff Colin Dunipace told Rankin: “On the basis that your not guilty plea has been accepted, you are free to go.”

Rankin was jailed for 16 months in 2020 after he abused a girl who was between 13 and 15 as well as another who was 16.

He pled guilty to charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour and indecent assault between March 2007 and September 2010 and was placed on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.

The serial offender was jailed for 18 months in 2017 after admitting abusing three girls, including two pupils at the school where he taught.

A probe revealed he had sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in Glasgow city centre and at her house during a party.

Investigations further revealed Rankin had sexually assaulted a girl in a church hall in 2014.

However, that sentence was quashed at the Appeal Court in Edinburgh and he was handed 150 hours of unpaid work and put under supervision for three years.

Rankin retired from teaching in 2014 less than a year after he was given a written warning regarding his conduct in the classroom and was later struck off.

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>>24782670

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16682141/scots-teacher-guilty-sexually-assaulting-schoolgirl/

SHAMED SIR Scots high school teacher found guilty of sexually assaulting schoolgirl, 15

Gary Fitzpatrick

13 Aug 2026

A PERV teacher sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in his car and during a ‘movie night’.

Modern Studies sir Cameron Montgomery, 28, targeted the youngster at his home in Crombie, Fife.

He also carried out another sex attack on the teen in his motor.

Montgomery was a teacher at Beath High in Cowdenbeath at the time of the offences.

The victim was not a pupil.

The creep – who also marked for the Scottish Qualifications Authority – has now been put on the sex offenders register after a jury convicted him folliowing a four-day trial at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

The girl said in her evidence that she had gone to Montgomery’s home to watch films in June last year.

They had been sitting next to each other on the sofa when Montgomery started to touch and grope her leg, moving up to her thigh.

She said she “just sat there” and could not believe what Montgomery was doing when he started feeling her leg. It lasted for 10 minutes and she told him to stop.

She said that Montgomery had told her he had “wanted to do it for a while” and later made her “pinkie promise” not to tell anyone.

She said that Montgomery asked her if there was anything he could do “to make up for it”.

The victim said that afterwards Montgomery had driven her home and told her not to speak about what had happened.

But that night she contacted a friend and asked her to come over to the house.

She told the girl what had happened and the friend confirmed this in her evidence.

The victim did not tell family members until they were on holiday together in England the following month.

Loved ones then reported the matter to the police and the holiday was cut short.

The first sexual assault took place last February in Montgomery’s car when he stopped to charge it up in Crossford, Fife.

He claimed he only “scratched her head in a comforting way” as she seemed to be tired.

In the second ‘movie night’ assault he said he similarly scratched her leg to comfort her as they watched a film.

He denied any of the sexual allegations took place, saying, “absolutely not”.

He claimed that during the movie night the girl had told him she had been sexually assaulted by someone she knew.

He said she did not name the person involved.

At one point, the sheriff warned Montgomery about making negative comments about the girl after he had spoken about her having a “toxic” home life.

Montgomery was convicted of two sexual assaults and was tearful in court ahead of the guilty verdict being delivered.

Sheriff Susan Duff(This cow shouldn't even be allowed to practice, her husband…Sheriff Alastair Duff was caught talking about abusing children on a zoom conference by three judges, after he forgot to close the call. Incidentally, he was fined for "breach of the peace", no sexual element acknowledged)called for reports and put Montgomery on the sex offenders register.

Bail was granted and sentencing will take place on October 7.

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>>24782672

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16604124/nicola-sturgeon-furious-cops-called-mrs-murrell/

NICOLA MURRELL? Nicola Sturgeon FURIOUS after cops called her ‘Mrs Murrell’ during high-profile raid amid SNP fraud probe

Conor Matchett

26 Jul 2026

NICOLA Sturgeon was “raging” with detectives for calling her “Mrs Murrell” during the infamous raid on her marital home, sources have claimed.

The ex-First Minister is said to have grumpily told cops not to address her by the surname of her fraudster husband, who was arrested on the same day.

Officers also erected a so-called “murder tent” in the garden of the couple’s property near Glasgow as they seized luxury goods bought by former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, 61, using £400,000 embezzled from the party.

Recalling the raid in April 2023, a legal source said: “She was not happy at all. She was raging. She told officers her name was Sturgeon and to address her as such.

“The officers were a bit surprised and bewildered.”

Ms Sturgeon — mocked as “Mrs Murrell” by online trolls — declined to comment.

But her lawyer Aamer Anwar said yesterday: “What century are we living in? This really is pathetic.”

We told how the ex-Nats leader was arrested two months later before being cleared of wrongdoing.

But it has been claimed police were frustrated by the SNP during their probe into her estranged spouse’s 12-year crime spree.

A source told The Sunday Times: “Fully co-operated? It was anything but. Nothing could be further from the truth.

“At each and every turn they put up obstacles. Even as the police made progress on the case, they [the SNP] continued to make things difficult.”

Murrell admitted embezzlement and was sentenced to five years and three months in jail last month at the High Court in Edinburgh.

The SNP said: “A comprehensive investigation was carried out.

“Police uncovered that the SNP had been the victim of embezzlement.”

>>24782679

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2071205496959189350

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

Some official documents quietly disappear into history.

They should not.

In February 2006, the Department of Health, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), the predecessor of today's National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and the Health & Safety Executive jointly published a Memorandum of Understanding on the investigation of serious patient safety incidents.

Reading it twenty years later is a remarkable experience.

It speaks repeatedly of:

• openness rather than concealment;

• recognising concerns;

• preserving evidence;

• early communication between agencies;

• coordinated investigation;

• supporting NHS staff and patients; and

• maintaining public confidence through proper investigative processes.

Most striking of all is its purpose - It states that serious patient safety incidents must be handled correctly "for the sake of public safety as well as confidence in the NHS, police and HSE and in the interests of fairness and justice."

Those are not my words - They are the words of a national framework agreed by Government, policing leadership and the Health & Safety Executive almost twenty years ago.

Understanding documents such as this is essential, because before we can fairly assess how institutions responded to later events, we first need to understand the standards those same institutions had already established for themselves.

Sometimes the most important evidence is not hidden. It has simply been waiting patiently in the public record all along.

1:14 PM · Jun 28, 2026

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https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2045466802923155695

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

How about a little weekend puzzle for us all to join in….

Here we go…

On 14 January 2022, an internal police email was received by Operation Talla Silver Commander, Assistant Chief Constable Owen Weatherill, which reported on the "success" of the police "to not record" criminal complaints sought to be made by the public, in relation to alleged Covid crimes.

I released the Speirs directive into the public domain in March 2025 (more than 3 years later).

Then, in April 2025, soon after the Speirs directive was revealed to the public, Owen Weatherill who by this time, more than 3 years later, had already left his operational policing role and was instead, the NPCC lead for the Covid Public Inquiry, forwarded the "to not record" email to an undisclosed third party.

Now, here's the bit for you to think about…

(1) Why do you think, after more than 3 years and very soon after the Speirs directive became known to the public, did Owen suddenly decide to forward the email to someone, and

(2) Who do you think the recipient(s) might have been?

Take your time. There is no rush.

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>>24782679

https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2045126257419989105

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

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Apr 17

When the judiciary departs from fact, logic, and law - what remains?

The judicial oath requires decisions to be made “without fear or favour” and in fidelity to the law itself.

That is not a formality. It is the entire foundation of judicial authority.

But a more difficult question now arises. What happens when:

• facts are clear,

• logic is immovable,

• the law is settled,

…but the consequence of applying them would expose the system itself?

This paper examines that precise constitutional fault line.

It asks a structural question:

Does the system always permit the law to operate against itself?

Because where evidence is sidestepped, reasoning diverges from logic and legal principles are quietly narrowed, the issue is no longer error. It is alignment.

When alignment replaces adjudication, something fundamental shifts - The court ceases to be the place where the State is tested by law…and instead becomes the place where the law is adjusted to accommodate the State.

The consequences are not abstract. Judicial authority depends on one premise alone - That outcomes are derived - not managed.

Once that premise is doubted, credibility fractures, confidence erodes and silence begins to carry more weight than judgment because the public does not require perfection - it requires this:

That when facts and logic lead somewhere uncomfortable…..the court follows them anyway.

Full paper here:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/judiciary_evidence_logic_and_rule_of_law.pdf

When the Judiciary Set Aside Facts, Logic and the Rule of Law, in Order to Protect the System and the State

Author: Ian Clayton

Date: 17 April 2026

Executive Summary

This paper addresses a constitutional question of exceptional gravity:

Whether judicial decision-making, in certain circumstances, departs from the disciplined application of facts, logic and established legal principle, in favour of preserving institutional stability or protecting the interests of the State.

pages 1-4 of 13

>>24782679

>>24946315

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https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2045126257419989105

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

·

Apr 17

When the judiciary departs from fact, logic, and law - what remains?

The judicial oath requires decisions to be made “without fear or favour” and in fidelity to the law itself.

That is not a formality. It is the entire foundation of judicial authority.

But a more difficult question now arises. What happens when:

• facts are clear,

• logic is immovable,

• the law is settled,

…but the consequence of applying them would expose the system itself?

This paper examines that precise constitutional fault line.

It asks a structural question:

Does the system always permit the law to operate against itself?

Because where evidence is sidestepped, reasoning diverges from logic and legal principles are quietly narrowed, the issue is no longer error. It is alignment.

When alignment replaces adjudication, something fundamental shifts - The court ceases to be the place where the State is tested by law…and instead becomes the place where the law is adjusted to accommodate the State.

The consequences are not abstract. Judicial authority depends on one premise alone - That outcomes are derived - not managed.

Once that premise is doubted, credibility fractures, confidence erodes and silence begins to carry more weight than judgment because the public does not require perfection - it requires this:

That when facts and logic lead somewhere uncomfortable…..the court follows them anyway.

Full paper here:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/judiciary_evidence_logic_and_rule_of_law.pdf

When the Judiciary Set Aside Facts, Logic and the Rule of Law, in Order to Protect the System and the State

Author: Ian Clayton

Date: 17 April 2026

Executive Summary

This paper addresses a constitutional question of exceptional gravity:

Whether judicial decision-making, in certain circumstances, departs from the disciplined application of facts, logic and established legal principle, in favour of preserving institutional stability or protecting the interests of the State.

pages 5-9 of 13

>>24782679

>>24946315

>>24946344

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https://x.com/EthicalApproach/status/2045126257419989105

ETHICAL APPROACH UK

@EthicalApproach

·

Apr 17

When the judiciary departs from fact, logic, and law - what remains?

The judicial oath requires decisions to be made “without fear or favour” and in fidelity to the law itself.

That is not a formality. It is the entire foundation of judicial authority.

But a more difficult question now arises. What happens when:

• facts are clear,

• logic is immovable,

• the law is settled,

…but the consequence of applying them would expose the system itself?

This paper examines that precise constitutional fault line.

It asks a structural question:

Does the system always permit the law to operate against itself?

Because where evidence is sidestepped, reasoning diverges from logic and legal principles are quietly narrowed, the issue is no longer error. It is alignment.

When alignment replaces adjudication, something fundamental shifts - The court ceases to be the place where the State is tested by law…and instead becomes the place where the law is adjusted to accommodate the State.

The consequences are not abstract. Judicial authority depends on one premise alone - That outcomes are derived - not managed.

Once that premise is doubted, credibility fractures, confidence erodes and silence begins to carry more weight than judgment because the public does not require perfection - it requires this:

That when facts and logic lead somewhere uncomfortable…..the court follows them anyway.

Full paper here:

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/judiciary_evidence_logic_and_rule_of_law.pdf

When the Judiciary Set Aside Facts, Logic and the Rule of Law, in Order to Protect the System and the State

Author: Ian Clayton

Date: 17 April 2026

Executive Summary

This paper addresses a constitutional question of exceptional gravity:

Whether judicial decision-making, in certain circumstances, departs from the disciplined application of facts, logic and established legal principle, in favour of preserving institutional stability or protecting the interests of the State.

pages 10-13 of 13

>>24782679

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/the_fear_of_logic.pdf

The fear of logic

Logic Will Bring the Truth to the Masses

It Is What the State Fears More Than Anything

Author: Ian Clayton

Date: 15 April 2026

Executive Summary

States do not fear noise.

They do not fear outrage.

They do not fear dissent in its most visible forms.

What they fear is something far quieter.

They fear logic….because logic does not shout. It does not persuade by force and most importantly, it does not rely upon any authority or positional power. It proceeds step by step, from premise to conclusion, until resistance becomes unsustainable and appears utterly ridiculous.

This paper examines why logic, when applied consistently to matters of public administration and justice, presents a uniquely destabilising force to any structure which depends upon inconsistency, ambiguity, or controlled narrative.

1. The Nature of Logic

Logic is not opinion.

It is not belief.

It is not allegiance.

It is:

• the disciplined connection between facts,

• the ordering of those facts into sequence, and

• the drawing of conclusions which follow inevitably from them.

It requires only two things:

accurate premises, and honest progression between them.

Where those exist, the conclusion is not chosen - It is arrived at.

2. The Incompatibility Between Logic and Narrative Control

Modern governance often operates through:

• framing

• messaging

• managed interpretation of events

This is not necessarily inherently improper, but it becomes problematic where the narrative diverges from underlying fact, or the structure of decision-making cannot withstand scrutiny.

In such circumstances, logic becomes disruptive because logic does not ask, “What are we told?”

It asks, “What follows?”

Where the answer does not align with the narrative, the narrative weakens.

Pages 1-5 of 8

>>24948420, >>24782679

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https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/the_fear_of_logic.pdf

The fear of logic

Logic Will Bring the Truth to the Masses

It Is What the State Fears More Than Anything

Author: Ian Clayton

Date: 15 April 2026

Executive Summary

States do not fear noise.

They do not fear outrage.

They do not fear dissent in its most visible forms.

What they fear is something far quieter.

They fear logic….because logic does not shout. It does not persuade by force and most importantly, it does not rely upon any authority or positional power. It proceeds step by step, from premise to conclusion, until resistance becomes unsustainable and appears utterly ridiculous.

This paper examines why logic, when applied consistently to matters of public administration and justice, presents a uniquely destabilising force to any structure which depends upon inconsistency, ambiguity, or controlled narrative.

1. The Nature of Logic

Logic is not opinion.

It is not belief.

It is not allegiance.

It is:

• the disciplined connection between facts,

• the ordering of those facts into sequence, and

• the drawing of conclusions which follow inevitably from them.

It requires only two things:

accurate premises, and honest progression between them.

Where those exist, the conclusion is not chosen - It is arrived at.

2. The Incompatibility Between Logic and Narrative Control

Modern governance often operates through:

• framing

• messaging

• managed interpretation of events

This is not necessarily inherently improper, but it becomes problematic where the narrative diverges from underlying fact, or the structure of decision-making cannot withstand scrutiny.

In such circumstances, logic becomes disruptive because logic does not ask, “What are we told?”

It asks, “What follows?”

Where the answer does not align with the narrative, the narrative weakens.

Pages 6-8 of 8

>>24782679

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/what_is_the_cjssc.pdf

What is the CJSSC?

The Inception, History, Structure and Activity of the Criminal Justice System Strategic Command Structure (CJSSC)

Author: Ian Clayton

Date: 26 March 2026

1. Introduction

This paper provides a detailed, evidence-based examination of the inception, historical development, structural composition and operational activity of the entity referred to as the Criminal Justice System Strategic Command Structure (CJSSC).

The CJSSC is a cross-system coordination mechanism operating at senior leadership level across the criminal justice system of England and Wales.

Despite its apparent operational significance, it has received limited sustained public or parliamentary scrutiny.

The purpose of this paper is threefold:

• To identify and trace the earliest available evidence of the

CJSSC and its origins;

• To set out, with precision, its structure and operational

characteristics;

• To consider the constitutional implications arising from its existence and function.

This paper proceeds on the basis of documentary evidence, including official publications and primary-source testimony.

It does not advance allegation. It identifies structure, function, and consequence.

Pages 1-5 of 12

>>24948565

>>24782679

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/what_is_the_cjssc.pdf

What is the CJSSC?

The Inception, History, Structure and Activity of the Criminal Justice System Strategic Command Structure (CJSSC)

Author: Ian Clayton

Date: 26 March 2026

1. Introduction

This paper provides a detailed, evidence-based examination of the inception, historical development, structural composition and operational activity of the entity referred to as the Criminal Justice System Strategic Command Structure (CJSSC).

The CJSSC is a cross-system coordination mechanism operating at senior leadership level across the criminal justice system of England and Wales.

Despite its apparent operational significance, it has received limited sustained public or parliamentary scrutiny.

The purpose of this paper is threefold:

• To identify and trace the earliest available evidence of the

CJSSC and its origins;

• To set out, with precision, its structure and operational

characteristics;

• To consider the constitutional implications arising from its existence and function.

This paper proceeds on the basis of documentary evidence, including official publications and primary-source testimony.

It does not advance allegation. It identifies structure, function, and consequence.

Pages 6-10 of 12

>>24948565

>>24782679

https://ethicalapproach.co.uk/what_is_the_cjssc.pdf

What is the CJSSC?

The Inception, History, Structure and Activity of the Criminal Justice System Strategic Command Structure (CJSSC)

Author: Ian Clayton

Date: 26 March 2026

1. Introduction

This paper provides a detailed, evidence-based examination of the inception, historical development, structural composition and operational activity of the entity referred to as the Criminal Justice System Strategic Command Structure (CJSSC).

The CJSSC is a cross-system coordination mechanism operating at senior leadership level across the criminal justice system of England and Wales.

Despite its apparent operational significance, it has received limited sustained public or parliamentary scrutiny.

The purpose of this paper is threefold:

• To identify and trace the earliest available evidence of the

CJSSC and its origins;

• To set out, with precision, its structure and operational

characteristics;

• To consider the constitutional implications arising from its existence and function.

This paper proceeds on the basis of documentary evidence, including official publications and primary-source testimony.

It does not advance allegation. It identifies structure, function, and consequence.

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