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Metropolitan Police Service and the MPA about relationship ". He said that he had set out in writing his connection with Miller and had no part in the evaluation process. It has however been reported in the press that on one occasion another company was turned down for a contract won by Impact Plus, despite its bid being a third of the winning offer. Miller and other Israeli IT providers are currently contracted in law enforcement for the "Bluelight" IT and electronics services.
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Balcombe Street gang. Purnell said: "I've never for one second associated Ian Blair with Balcombe Street in any shape or form, and his account of seeing get out of the car and being shot at as they got out of the car is totally impossible." Blair admitted he had not personally seen the
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Scotland Yard, and Paddick said that this amounted to accusing him of lying. On 28 March 2006, Paddick accepted a statement from
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which has a top speed of 25mph minus". The actual top speed of the least powerful
Hillman Hunter in 1975 was 83 mph and the top speed of a 70s-era taxi was 60 mph. According to Purnell: "There was no chase. It was just going along at a normal speed. actually said later they didn't know
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He added he had briefly joined the car chase after encountering the IRA car in Park Street near the original shooting. "We turned into Park Street and there were two or three vehicles in front of us going extremely fast." He believed one was the "bandit car" and another may have been a taxi, but
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on the night of 6 December 1975, and the recollections of others involved at the time. In a 2006 interview, Blair had stated: "We turned the corner, and there is the car ... It was a very defining moment. I think I spent the next half an hour pretending to be a bush. They got out of the car and
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requested on 28 July 2008 that Blair face an inquiry over a series of IT contracts with the
Metropolitan Police worth £3 million won by Impact Plus, a consultancy owned by Andy Miller, who is a long-time friend of Blair. The commissioner denied any wrongdoing and said that he was "open and
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in the 1930s. Both Blair and his brother, six years his senior, were sent to independent school at the expense of one of their father's brothers, who was a successful doctor. Blair's brother, Sandy, left school early to work for a solicitors' firm. His cousin was the historian
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Andy Hayman, who had failed to report his suspicions that an innocent man had been killed, and had released contradictory statements to the press. After Blair learned that the shooting of de Menezes had been a case of mistaken identity, he briefly considered resigning.
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biology, knowing it would disqualify him from a potential medical career. He initially had no aspiration to go to university, as neither of his parents nor his brother had had a university education. However, he was inspired by a teacher at Wrekin to apply to
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the Metropolitan Police that it "did not intend to imply" a senior officer had misled the probe into the shooting and that "any misunderstanding is regretted".
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started firing at us. It is an interesting experience being fired at when you have absolutely nothing to fire back with ... I loved it. I loved the job."
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laws, highlighting 19 "catastrophic errors" but said it was an "isolated breach under quite extraordinary circumstances". Blair rejected a
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2361:"Boris Johnson forces Sir Ian Blair to quit as police chief"
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2393:"Ex-Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair given life peerage"
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House of Commons Transport Committee (16 May 2006).
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report sparked further criticism and calls to quit.
2458:"Ian Blair: Assisted dying needs a change of heart"
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2335:"Sir Ian Blair resigns as Met police commissioner"
2087:"Met Chief outlines merger talks of London police"
1684:"Police top brass revolt over bonus for Met chief"
1984:"Ian Blair gets written warning over taped calls"
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1982:Stewart Tendler; Sean O'Neill (14 March 2006).
140:Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
2732:English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
2109:"For City of London, police merger is a crime"
586:(IPCC) into the wrongful shooting, one of his
517:deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
2554:Investigating Rape: A New Approach for Police
1721:"The 15 fatal failures that could sink Blair"
1495:. Metropolitan Police Service. Archived from
1340:Investigating Rape: A New Approach for Police
1322:. Metropolitan Police Service. Archived from
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1784:"Met chief warns of Christmas terror threat"
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2279:"Met police chief Sir Ian Blair on way out"
1637:"Sir Ian Blair defies no confidence motion"
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2150:. Department for Transport. 20 July 2006.
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2061:"Media humbug over phone recording"
1875:"Blair apologises to Soham parents"
1839:"Met chief accuses media of racism"
1576:"Met Police 'regret' Menezes claim"
1537:"Police head 'considered quitting'"
1511:"Anti-terror chief 'misled' public"
597:In June 2006, a leaked copy of the
552:Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
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2009:"Met chief in phone recording row"
1911:"Muslim Pc refused to shake hands"
1893:"Police respond to handshake snub"
1790:. 23 December 2006. Archived from
1766:"Met chief defended amid raid row"
1719:Townsend, Mark (4 November 2007).
1682:Leppard, David (21 October 2007).
1558:"Menezes claim sparks libel talks"
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1947:"Top Asian officer in race claim"
1857:"The story of two murder victims"
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1475:"Next Met police chief announced"
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2511:. Northern Sunday Sun
1115:1999 New Year Honours
1075:2003 Birthday Honours
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864:Balcombe Street Siege
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408:Christ Church, Oxford
281:Christ Church, Oxford
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2097:on 22 November 2007.
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2727:People from Chester
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2268:, 10 November 2007.
2171:on 9 November 2006.
1754:. 11 November 2005.
1700:on 6 September 2008
1622:on 2 November 2007.
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762:employment tribunal
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442:in central London.
426:Early police career
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2536:The London Gazette
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1794:on 1 October 2007.
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1460:The London Gazette
1440:The London Gazette
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1217:Ian Blair (2010).
712:No bid PR contract
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