Festus AKINBUSOYE
@FestAKINBUSOYE
Proud dad. Fmr. Police & Crime Commissioner, Fmr. Board Member College of Policing and Chair, Eastern Region Special Operations Unit. I too, have a dream 🌍
🚴🏾♂️ Riding for Our Fallen Heroes In 2025, I’ll be cycling over 150 miles with the London Chapter of the Police Unity Tour—raising vital funds for the families of police officers who have tragically died in the line of duty or while in service. This isn’t just a bike ride. It’s a…
Hi @SarahForRuncorn You have an invitation from one of policing's finest. No doubt there are others in your constituency doing the same 🤔. Go on. You know you want to. 🤫🤫🤫PS; Sparky is a badass Roads Policing and superb Family Liaison Officer...oh she's female too.
Dear @SarahForRuncorn being a female in policing for over 30 years, happy to take you on patrol for an educational chat 🚔 #WomenInPolicing
Being a Member of Parliament does not give a licence to be dumb or say dumb stuff. Sadly, we saw another example of that this week. To every female police officer and those women thinking of joining the police, thank you for what you do and are yet to do. You are hugely needed.…
GOOD GRIEF!!! Why are infrastructure projects in the UK so damn expensive, take forever and almost require an IMF loan to deliver - late as well? How can a train line in London be costing TWENTY TIMES more to build than in Madrid? Who is getting all this money and where is it…
Sorry - we got it wrong yesterday London isn't budgeting the Bakerloo line extension at 10 times the price of what Madrid is currently building 🇪🇸 No, it's 20 times!!! 😱 🚇 💰 @LondonAssembly @NeilGarratt @Ben_A_Hopkinson webcasts.london.gov.uk/Assembly/Event…
When I stated that under my watch as Police and Crime Commissioner, Bedfordshire had the highest ever number of officers and was seeing one of the fastest growth in officer numbers in the country - I was called a liar. Here is the outcome of the budget I set in March/Apr 2024.
Just over a year ago Sadiq Khan promised Londoners that if re-elected he would "put an extra 1,300 neighbourhood Police Officers and PCSOs on [London's] streets". In reality he has presided over massive cuts to @MetPoliceUK numbers. London's Labour Mayor is letting down…
Absolutely UNBELIEVABLE! Soooo proud of our #Lionesses What a match!!! What a match!!!BRING ON THE FINALS. WOW 🤯
This is 2025. A woman is having to stay off social media because of the colour of her skin. What kind of nation are we becoming? 😥
Just over a year ago Sadiq Khan promised Londoners that if re-elected he would "put an extra 1,300 neighbourhood Police Officers and PCSOs on [London's] streets". In reality he has presided over massive cuts to @MetPoliceUK numbers. London's Labour Mayor is letting down…
PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO AND DONATE. 💙 @UK_COPS justgiving.com/page/festus-ak…
PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO AND DONATE. 💙 @UK_COPS justgiving.com/page/festus-ak…
Thread worth reading. The mindset of small and medium sized businesses and employers like mine are pretty much made up about the current government. I don't know much about the multi nationals that keep getting invites to meet the PM, but us 'small players' have had enough 😡
For the first time since records began, more small businesses now expect to shrink or shut down than grow. Business confidence is at rock bottom under Labour. Here’s why 🧵👇
📖 Your weekend reading: "What we have now is a system that, in trying to deliver accountability, is breaking too many good officers, the very people we need to keep us safe." "We must fix the complaints system without weakening accountability." Read: festusakinbusoye.com/silent-toll-po…
At some point, one will have to consider the vested interests and systems that simply exist to cause this level of delays in Britain building anything other than a garden shed! This is beyond political - it's structural and institutional. 😥
Britain built its last reservoir in 1992. Since then Poland has built *six* new reservoirs. Britain built its last motorway in 2003. Since then Poland has added over *1,300km* of new motorway. And each year per person, Poland builds *twice* as many new homes as Britain.
Reform lost a Council by-election to @Conservatives yesterday, after winning the seat in May. How did Reform go from winning to coming THIRD behind the Green Party in under 10 weeks? What changed so quickly?
The British basketball community is quite small, but tight. This tragic news story would reverberate somewhat - not just for the painful loss of such gifted, young lives, but the dangers of drink driving and speeding. 😥🏀🕊️ #FatalFive bbc.com/news/articles/…
100% agree with @MelJStride We need a tax system that leans towards growth, not disincentive it. The current system does the latter and the UK economy is suffering as a result.
Our economy needs a radical rewiring.
I just asked my 16 year old what his top three priorities were right now: 1) get a job 2) GCSE results 3) pre-season top scorer Unlike his older siblings who all started working at 16, it's nigh impossible to get a summer job now. Hospitality and retail are dead-zones. Thank…
One of the most damning graphs to come out of today’s employment statistics ⬇️ 🚨 Since Labour took office, the number of 25-34 year olds in employment has fallen by over 104,000 - an estimated 1.37% (using @ONS LFS & PAYE data) 📉 This government is starting to fail ambitious…
Many young Black Britons, including myself, grew up hearing stories about the police — often long before we ever had any direct encounter with them. Too often, those stories weren’t positive, sometimes they were. The case of the Stockwell Six, and the corrupt actions of PC Derek…
