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Why do I have the feeling that Jamie's pistol is going to be wholly inadequate against whatever he is up against in the steel mill?

I'm Canadian, but US usage is similar. Technically, I suppose the unit in the car is a GPS receiver, but it always gets shortened to GPS. Much like the thing on the car that receives AM/FM radio signals is an "Aerial Antenna" but nobody calls it that.

How come you cringe? The formal name for the system is Global Positioning System, thus GPS. Satnav is a rather colloquial name for GPS, and seems to be limited to the UK only. I've not heard it called satnav outside the UK.

One difficulty with statistics like this is knowing if the occurrences are actually increasing, or is the reporting of the occurrence increasing, while the underlying rate of occurrence remains similar? Has crimes such as assault against persons with disabilities recently been a new category of crime, whereas previously is was simply recorded as assault? If so, assault against persons with disabilities might look like it is increasing due to changes in reporting, when the real crime rate may be the same or falling. Or has there been greater public awareness and things are now being reported that previously were swept under the rug? A deeper dive into methods of data collection is needed to verify the statement that violent crime against disabled persons is increasing. Data can always be manipulated for political or other purposes too. In Canada the government created a gun registry and wanted to show how useful it was for police. Whenever the police did a search for a person or an address, the system automatically checked the gun registry, no matter if the originator requesting the search asked for it or not. Then the government could say the gun registry has been used million of times by police, when in reality the police hardly ever used the data coming back from those searches.

It was more thinking out loud. The Minister for Nefarious Purposes did mention this wasn't his first run in with the law, so maybe getting "protection" means that he now doesn't have to worry about being pulled over. It makes everything official and he can move about the country unhindered. RMW is definitely grooming Jamie to his purposes with the "nobody must know" mantra to ensure both his silence and compliance. Does seem a bit odd that the only connection between the murders so far is the one RMW has drawn isn't it?

Hmm, I'm thinking RMW is actually the murderer, as Jamie was conveniently blacked out when it happened. Jamie was simply there to add credibility to the story about why MW was out in the middle of the night in rural Cumbria.

The rent boys he keeps in a nice little place in the Valleys?

Did you notice that RMW only requested data for England, not Wales, Scotland or NI? Seems odd to limit his request to only England. I doubt the otherworldly beings really care about human lines drawn on a map. I wonder if some danger awaits Jamie in Windermere and RMW is simply getting him there on a pretext. Or maybe RMW has some funny business in Wales he wants to keep under wraps?

Used in this context, the word "Civilians" has always bothered me. Civilian is defined by the OED as "A person not in the Armed Services", which in that definition is the Army, Navy or Air Force. I.e, the military. Police are not a part of the military, so they are civilians themselves. Referring to someone not in the police as "Civilians" is very derogatory, and tries to elevate police to something the aren't (and shouldn't be). It's also quite disrespectful to real members of the armed forces. There should be a very clear demarcation between the military and non-military parts of society, and I don't think that the gradual militarization of the police forces is a good thing.

For giggles, I'd like Jamie to look like the Honourable Alexander Ogilvy. picture: Alex I think he looks like Prince Philip did when he was young.

On time I was in London for a conference and stayed in a nice hotel in Mayfair. As I was checking out, a pair of policemen came into the lobby, one presumably to use the Gentleman's Convenience. That other sat and waited. He had a Glock pistol strapped to his thigh and was carrying an MP5 sub machine gun. I though that sure isn't the stereotype for a British policeman!

It's a British colloquialism, means to mock or make fun of someone; usually with no malice intended. Or can also be used as an abuse of trust or generosity, such as if borrowing or using another's property and keeping it for longer than would be considered polite or reasonable. Another example would be borrowing someones car with a full tank of fuel and returning it running on fumes.

Unless I missed it, wasn't there still some question of Alberts death? Was it truly an accident or had the vehicle been tampered with or a deliberate act by the driver?

We were not highschool sweethearts, but I married the first guy I ever dated; and 25 years later we are still together.

I liked this chapter, it showed a real change in Jackson. Previously he has always been confident, cocky even, but here he has really opened up to Luke and shown him his vulnerabilities. It's a refreshing change and shows how much Jackson has matured in a relatively short time. Cinzilla is still bat shit crazy though.