I have been informed, second hand, that an overpaid newsreader described the late AW as spinster and old maid for which he has been chastised. Possibly rude but almost certainly true. What a world in which we live.
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They have also been saying a 28 year old “British national“ from South Yorkshire has been arrested, I think that’s right.
National is a strange word to use.
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It was such an unnecessary comment, the guy is an adulterer so should we always refer to him as Adam Boulton adulterer or just his job title “journalist”?
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I suppose it’s part of the (reprehensible) politicisation of the police - which, to be fair, the upper echelons of the police love.
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From my childhood (a million years ago) , I knew that “old maid” was always a derogatory term! and (as such) totally unnecessary (in fact horrible) to use it to describe a murder victim. 
“spinster”… ok… an unmarried woman… fair enough. 
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I think the police imbibe strange jargon from day one when they join the force. It’s become a cliché (e.g “In pursuance of my duties I was proceeding in a north westerly direction along Sebastopol Terrace, when I observed the accused acting in a suspicious manner outside the premises…”) but they do seem to like using particular forms of words and circumlocutions.
For example this statement they issued about Ann Widdecombe is replete with Police-ese:
At this time we have made the active decision not to release further information, including descriptions of any potential suspects or releasing CCTV footage.
"Releasing such information prematurely could compromise ongoing enquiries and may prejudice future investigative opportunities.
"The decision not to disclose further details at this time is made on an operational basis. We will release information to the public when it is appropriate and necessary, in order to support the investigation.
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I think it’s another way of saying, “ not an immigrant “, because everyone knows Frogface and his looney mates will all say it was a nasty foreigner.
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yes I think you are right.
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You should try reading what military officers write.
More than once, I’ve sent an email back to someone asking them to resend it in plain English.
I would imagine the police thing is about preempting questions in court, and controlling the narrative, along the lines of
PC: I was walking along the High Street
Lawyer: in which direction were you walking?
And so on
That’s just speculation and perhaps @plod could shed some light.
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slight deviation… in another life I volunteered to “proof read” any edict the Finance Director wanted to issue, to make sure the ordinary person (that’s me et al) could understand what the heck the FD was talking about…
My colleagues throughout the company were relieved when I volunteered to translate his verbal- minestrone 
It’s management speak, as well as - as you suggest - an obsessive reluctance to take any risk in anything attributable!
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Like promotion review notes?
“His men would follow him anywhere, mainly to witness what new chaos he would cause.”
According to the Graun anti-terrorism police have been called in.
News reports say he was released and immediately re arrested concerning anti terrorist offences. That’ll make frogfaces day 
I was reading about her appearing on an antiques programme showing the presenter around her property and which could possibly showed the alleged killer her home, where it was and what was in it plus she lived alone.
They always are when the victim or attempted victim is a politician.
Someone making a round trip of 8 hours in order to murder a politician must be politically-motivated, and “terrorism” is pretty widely defined.
It’s recently been repeated, last 2/3 weeks might be a coincidence but you never know.
It has now been taken over by the Terrorist squad. Man arrested from Yorkshire.
Absolutely terrible.
It was Bolton - and he was really unpleasant.