Sorry m'dear, but we don't work for you OR the Government. We took our oath and affirmation to the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors. So I don't serve you and I don't serve Tony B, David "Web" Cameron or anybody else, but the Crown. We are often used and misused by the government and indeed by the public who have an axe to grind, but we serve the Crown. We enforce the law, even when we don't believe in it, which we often might not, but which is made by the politicians that you and I elect however. And in case the "I pay your wages" line comes out, bloody hell you want to see the amount of tax I pay!! Even though I am childless, lawful, fully employed and very healthy, I pay taxes so that people's screaming brats can go to school, smokers can get their lungs and legs removed, criminals go to prison on my wages and the feckless can sit and watch Jeremy Kyle all day. I don't resent it (well not all of it) but it's just the way it is. I agree with you about spin and lies, but please don't make frustrations about policing an anti-police thing - we are mostly just like you.