Brian Paddick    Verified account

@brianpaddick

Lib Dem Spokesperson on Home Affairs in House of Lords. Ran for Mayor of London 2008 & 2012. Metropolitan Police 1976-2007. Married to Mr Petter Belsvik. He/him

London & Oslo
Joined January 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 13

    At Police Staff College we were told that we were moving from Superintending ranks, where we had to work within the existing paradigm, to ACPO ranks, where we had to challenge the existing paradigm. Never forgot that. Still doing it!

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    5 hours ago
    Replying to and

    This really isn’t true. The assembly is scrutiny body. Chairs are allocated on proportional basis. Labour refused their majority allocation.

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    13 hours ago

    This sort of disingenuous silliness is really disappointing to see. Especially when being used to cover up the fact that Labour GLA members threw away their right to properly represent the people who voted for them.

    So the LibDems & Tories are looking very cosy at the ⁦⁩ AGM today! Coalition forming here?
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    18 hours ago

    Yet another fantastic Simon Walters exclusive. Standards watchdog concluded Boris Johnson broke rules on holiday gift transparency. But he's spent months fighting her verdict.

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    14 hours ago

    Are you able to spread the word about PrEP? If you work in a clinic or health service, or run a club or society, or could put up posters in your workplace, venue or college - please request a FREE info pack by DMing us. We’ll also send you a tee shirt or vest ❣️

    Thanks to Prepster, I have information packs about PrEP which I will be trying to put into my college to spread awareness about PrEP to people who need it 😊 I was very lucky got on the trial at the age of 17 thanks to a friend who mentioned it to me, after risky behaviour.
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    16 hours ago

    Growing Against Violence charity making a big difference with strong positive message in our schools! Proud to be part of this team, reaching out & listening to young people. 💪💪

    Team GAV met amazing , discussing social media, looking after each other & keeping safe online. Thanks teachers & children, lots of energy & great ideas!
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  7. 7 hours ago

    This 👇🏻

    A question that urgently needs to be answered is - did the government delay putting India on the red list because it wanted to prioritise negotiating a trade deal? That decision could end up having disastrous consequences for a nation desperately hoping the nightmare was ending
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    7 hours ago

    Interesting from ⁦⁩ quoting a Whitehall source: It’s very clear that we should have closed the border to India earlier and that Boris did not do so because he didn’t want to offend Modi.

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    8 hours ago

    I faced intense pressure to be a boy for the first 20 years of my life. Friends, family, strangers and the media all told me I had to be a boy. That being trans wasn't an option. All it did was make me deeply unhappy. I needed them to believe and accept me Ban conversion therapy

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    8 hours ago

    Are you worried that someone close to you is at risk of being radicalised but not sure what to do? We are here to help. Go to for more advice and support ⬇️

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    12 hours ago

    "Boris Johnson must take responsibility for the failure to prevent the Indian variant taking root in the UK." “Once again the government acted too late, and the country is sadly paying the price.” -

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  12. 19 hours ago

    Posted 18 April

    Replying to @flyinglawyer73 @IanMaher7 @BorisJohnson
    So why are Bangladesh & Pakistan, with much lower COVID rates, on the Red list but India is not?
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  13. Retweeted
    May 14

    Huge questions now over the decision to allow dozens and dozens of flights to land in the UK from India, with no hotel quarantine, for almost a month after this variant was identified there.

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  14. Retweeted
    May 13

    I repeat, if you don’t support ID cards in general, you can’t possibly support voter ID. Unless, of course, you do support voter suppression.

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  15. May 14

    In the light of experience, if the choices at the moment are “overreact” or “leave it too late” because of a lack of data, surely there’s only one safe option

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  16. May 11

    If you know what it’s like, this is it 👇🏻

    Me having anxiety/depression is like being scared/tired at the same time. Its fear of failure, but no urge to be productive. Wants friends, but not having any. Its wanting to be alone, but not wanting to be lonely. Feeling everything at once, then I go numb. Please be my friend.
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    May 11

    Me having anxiety/depression is like being scared/tired at the same time. Its fear of failure, but no urge to be productive. Wants friends, but not having any. Its wanting to be alone, but not wanting to be lonely. Feeling everything at once, then I go numb. Please be my friend.

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    May 11

    Cleckheaton peer Baroness has spent the last two years fighting for leaseholders trapped in buildings with fire safety problems. She's spoken to following the results of our exclusive survey into issues across Yorkshire:

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  19. May 11

    Dear - the legislation is designed to deter all asylum seekers, including those who can lawfully claim asylum in the U.K., anyone who does not use ‘safe & legal routes’ that currently do not exist. Your headline ‘deter illegal asylum seekers’ is misleading.

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    May 11

    At the 2019 General Election, out of 47,587,254 people voting, there was only 1 conviction of voter fraud (+0 cautions). That represents 0.0000021014% of votes.

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    May 11

    There is no evidence that the plan to increase the length of prison sentences will protect victims or reduce crime, on the contrary it will increase violence inside (and probably after) prisons

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