Article: The very PC police chief proudly presents. . . his united nations of bobbies.

Article: Should Sir Ian resign? Tomorrow Sir ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  January 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... London's police chief of less than a year's duration, Sir Ian Blair, resign? No. He is going to take a beating from the ... logbook could hardly be worse. In yesterday's Guardian Sir Ian made another of his celebrated apologies for "a serious ...

Article: A [pounds sterling]10,000 portrait of me? What a good idea says ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Stephen Wright SIR Ian Blair's obsession with his image has ... fifth floor of New Scotland Yard. Sir Ian's predecessor, Lord Stevens ... 000. A number of officials want Sir Ian to agree a similarly modest budget ...

Article: Secret vote on Sir Ian's job? Pressure: Sir ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 21, 2007 ;     511 words ...Byline: Stephen Wright SIR Ian Blair's future could be decided by a ... transparent and open to the public. Sir Ian has been widely criticised since ... Jacqui Smith- who publicly backed Sir Ian after the Stockwell Taxpayers Taxpayers ...

Article: Spotlight on Sir Ian Blair.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  August 18, 2005 ;     577 words ...Spotlight on Sir Ian Blair SIR Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, today makes a robust defence of the Met's handling of the shooting of the young Brazilian, Jean Charles de Menezes. In today's Evening Standard interview, Sir ...

Article: Jacqui Smith's revenge ; She was incandescent when Mayor Boris ...
Evening Standard - London;  November 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the man or woman who replaces Sir Ian Blair. Sir Ian bows out with a [pounds ... ahead of Sir Paul Stephenson, Sir Ian Blair's deputy and Boris Johnson ... Mr Malthouse was scathing of Sir Ian Blair's closeness to New Labour ...

Article: Whatever happened to accountability, then? ; If the Met had been ...
Evening Standard - London;  November 8, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... intellectually threadbare arguments deployed in defence of Sir Ian Blair. Sir Ian is not the "victim of a political vendetta". The ... openness and dialogue, things would still not be easy for Sir Ian. But they would be easier. Instead, of course ...

Article: How Met chief 's friend won contract from the Yard with 'dearer' ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... for an official inquiry after the firm owned by Sir Ian Blair's friend Andy Miller, was awarded over [pounds ... investigated by the director of audit.. BLUNDERS OF SIR IAN BLAIR OXFORD-educated Sir Ian's threeand-a-half years in charge of the ...