Press Association report confirms the speculation that Hugh Orde has accepted the Policing Board’s offer of an extensive to his contract for up to 3 years… and the Secretary of State for Wales etc rubber-stamps it.
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The Child Support Agency rubs its hands together with glee.
Matt
The CC has always been clear that he has supported his youngest child, and there has never been any mention of the CSA being involved in the case.
This man must have one of the toughest jobs in the Western World in law enforcement, so fair dues to him and I wish him well.
Miss Fitz
The words ‘so far’ come to mind in relation to your statement about support.
um, matt, would that be ‘so fair’ dues to him
Miss Fitz you sound like you’ve had a little tete-a-tete with the CC?
You seem very stilted about this matter when in contrast over the arms-out-of-reach cartoon you said to a commenter to find a sense of humour.
No Matty, I just read the papers and have to admit I have never met the CC, although I once saw him at close range…..
I am just making the point that there was never a question of the CSA being involved here, and that it appears that unlike the thousands of other men in the UK who walk away from the financial responsibility of their children when the relationship ends, Orde has not done this.
Many men take a cowardly approach to child support, and I didnt think it was fair or right to leave the assumption that he was being chased by CSA or in any other way shirking his duties to this child.
“thousands of other men in the UK who walk away from the financial responsibility of their children when the relationship ends”
Maybe it’s still ongoing, maybe he is actually paying her off or paying her in excess of what the CSA would ever dream to ask in order to buy her silence over other matters not yet disclosed.
So it could be hush hush money because he has no real moral ground to stand on which you seem to think he has due to the way he is so great with handing over his money to her.
No Matty
I didnt say any of that.
I corrected your piece of misinformation in post no. 1