Monday, October 27, 2003
Home Office'tried to axe' BBC police race exposé
Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Home Office'tried to axe' BBC police race exposé:
"The Home Office's most senior civil servant wrote to the BBC chairman, Gavyn Davies, accusing the corporation of deceit and raising his 'profound concerns' over its police racism exposé a month before it was broadcast, The Observer can reveal.
In what BBC sources describe as 'unprecedented' pressure from such a senior Whitehall figure, John Gieve, the Permanent Secretary at the Home Office, wrote to Davies last month. "
So, not only is there racism in the police, but the Home Office tried to cover it up as well.
Seriously, don't let these pricks in again please.
"The Home Office's most senior civil servant wrote to the BBC chairman, Gavyn Davies, accusing the corporation of deceit and raising his 'profound concerns' over its police racism exposé a month before it was broadcast, The Observer can reveal.
In what BBC sources describe as 'unprecedented' pressure from such a senior Whitehall figure, John Gieve, the Permanent Secretary at the Home Office, wrote to Davies last month. "
So, not only is there racism in the police, but the Home Office tried to cover it up as well.
Seriously, don't let these pricks in again please.
