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shortsightedinoneeye
Thank you Tyler. I do enjoy reading the occasional positive piece about the British Police and them telling you, metaphorically of course, to piss off and stop wasting their time is definitely one of those moments. I also particularly enjoyed the police officer's evident resentment at your implying that you should receive special treatment because of your wealth, and the fact that you pay more tax than a police officer. It gives me some hope that all is not yet lost in British society.
For someone who seems to pride themselves on their discernment, I am surprised that you have not carried out the basic geographical statistical analysis which would show you that where inequality is at its grossest, crime is at its worst. If you need a hint, you might start your study in South America (and there is no doubt that the UK has come to look more like South America in the course of your twenty years here.)
If you've gone off London, why don't you head back to where you came from? If you and all your friends were to leave, it should at a stroke remove a large chunk of the crime-inducing conspicuous consumption which results in the police having so little time for polite conversation with their wealthier "customers".
And incidentally, why are you publishing this article in a German magazine? Is it because you think the Germans are more efficient at policing? Historically that is of course the case, but perhaps not always to the best effect. You know the old saying about Euro heaven: French cooks, German musicians, British police and Euro hell: German police, British cooks and French musicians. It has some wisdom.