Monday 24 August 2026
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Peter Bleksley

14 articles on New Dispatch

Opinion

Feckless fathers are creating a broken Britain. Real parenting is the only fix

The tragic deaths of two brave police officers show exactly what a lifetime of proper fatherhood produces, writes the former Met Police detective

Opinion

Sending foreign criminals to El Salvador is a fabulous idea... but there's a catch

Human rights lawyers will frustrate any policy of deporting murderers and rapists, writes former policeman Peter Bleksley

Opinion

I'm a former Met detective, here's my plan to end the entirely unsatisfactory prison crisis

I have a solution to the entirely unsatisfactory prison crisis that we face, writes the former Met detective

Opinion

Hell may freeze over before British police once again become our true protectors. The rot set in many years ago

Labour have a proven track record of prioritising welfare payments over policing, the prisons, and the courts, writes the former Met detective

Opinion

The police keep caving in to Muslims and I think I've found the reason why

Ex-Scotland Yard detective Peter Bleksley shares his thoughts on West Yorkshire Police lurching from crisis to crisis

Opinion

Hampshire's police chief should be banished as far away from policing as possible

'If policing is to convince the public it has the will for righting its many wrongs, the dismissal of Alex Boon would be a good start'

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I'm disgusted by the state of modern policing. A potty mouth shouldn't be an excuse not to investigate a clear crime

The former Met detective has given three key pieces of advice to drivers following the incident

Opinion

Where are you tweeting from? I'd start sweating if you're living in this postcode

We now have the data to prove that arrests for speech offences are a postcode lottery, writes the former Met detective

Opinion

A car crashed into me in lawless Britain - then the idiot driver made matters worse

No wonder there’s a crime wave, writes the former Met detective

Opinion

Witness protection changed my life forever. I will never forget that horror phone call

After two years of this utterly unsustainable existence, everything fell dramatically apart, writes the former Met detective

Opinion

Scrapping non-crime hate incidents is a win - what’s about to replace them is anything but

Standby for incoming grievance procedures and employment tribunals, writes the former Met detective

Opinion

Pausing facial recognition over racial bias concerns exposes the flaw in modern policing

This is what happens when you have 43 individual police forces, writes the former Met detective

Opinion

New Year, New Shafting? From an Orwellian crackdown to a 100% death tax, here's what to expect in 2026

Former Met Detective Peter Bleksley gazes into his crystal ball for the year ahead

Opinion

Impact of Trump win here in Britain is seismic

Peter Bleksley is a regular GB News commentator and former Scotland Yard Detective