Harman and her Stab Jacket
April 1st, 2008 by ThunderDragon
This picture tells a story.
Either:
(a) We all need to wear a stab jacket when walking the street, even if flanked by three policemen,
(b) Only Harriet Harman needs to wear a stab jacket because she’s more important than us, or
(c) We’re all seeing things and Harman isn’t really wearing a stab jacket.
Her excuse that it is like wearing a hard hat when on a construction site is utterly absurd. You wear a hard hat on a construction site because things might fall from above - and, well, it’s the law. Wearing a stab jacket on the street, however, is certainly not on the same level.
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In this day of Elf’n'Safety though, it probably is like wearing a hard hat.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a Met regulation - any observers going out on patrol must wear appropriate PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) including Stab Vests. Same that if she was observing with a traffic car, and the bobbies put on Hi-Vis jackets, she’d have to wear one too.
And we all know these regulations don’t have to make sense. I had to wear Hi-Vis on an empty race track last week. Incase one of the non-existant cars tried to hit me, I presume…