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Conservative MPs Slam Financial Regulator’s “Mission Creep” Proposal to ‘Stamp Out Sexism in the City’

Conservative MPs have accused the financial services regulator of “mission creep” by seeking to expand its remit to include stamping out sexism in the City.
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Winston, The One-Horse Propaganda Machine - Spy Culture

Winston the police horse was named after Winston Churchill, having joined the Met in the 1940s. He featured in numerous royal events, ridden by both King George and princess and then Queen Elizabeth during the Trooping the Colour ceremonies in the 40s and early 50s. Winston was also the subject of a BBC teleview, which involved getting the Met Police to review and make changes to the script.(Read more...)

British Police began vetting film scripts in 1946 – but feared losing ‘aura of secrecy and glamour’ - Spy Culture

In post-war Britain the Metropolitan Police were concerned about how they were being portrayed in films so they instituted a policy of vetting film scripts. However, they were concerned that by seeking a more public profile and engaging with the film industry that they would lose the 'aura of secrecy and glamour' that had served them so well. (Read more...)

ClandesTime 082 – The Foreigner - Spy Culture

The Foreigner stars Jackie Chan and former James Bond Pierce Brosnan, and is directed by two-time Bond director Martin Campbell. In February the film-makers blew up a bus in central London in a sequence that was spookily reminiscent of the 7/7 London bombings of 2005. To see if this similarity was a concern for the government agencies who approved and assisted The Foreigner filming in London, I filed a series of FOIA requests.