It was one year ago today that Sarah Everard was brutally murdered after being tricked into a car and kidnapped by Wayne Couzens, a serving Metropolitan Police officer.
As we remember Sarah, we think of her family, who today released a moving statement saying she was “wonderful and we miss her all the time”.
The Met tweeted this morning that their thoughts are with her family and that they remain “deeply disgusted and shamed” that one of their officers was responsible for her murder.
Those are the right words, but what is needed now is action to demonstrate beyond doubt that the culture and practices of the Met have changed, the misogyny is driven out and it is an institution in which everyone, including women, can have total confidence.
Enough is enough
Commuters woke up today to the second Tube strike of the week and the third successive morning of chaos. Friday is likely to be no different. It appears as if everyone wants the city and TfL to get back on their feet except one group of people — the RMT union.
Londoners have had enough — of strikes and being caught in a battle of attrition between the Government and City Hall. If this level of disruption or anything like it continues, residents and policymakers may conclude that the short-term pain of pursuing driverless Tube trains may be worth it.
