#130 - Peter Bleksley - The Government Has Surrendered the Streets

Peter Bleksley is a former undercover detective, crime author and one of Britain's most outspoken critics of modern policing. In this conversation, we unpack why trust has collapsed, crime has surged and what it will really take to fix British policing. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - me@petermccormack.com › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH PETER BLEKSLEY › X/Twitter - https://x.com/PeterBleksley SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Cape - https://www.cape.co/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction  00:06:00 – Visible, Known, Trusted Policing   00:09:45 – Why No One Reports Crime   00:13:20 – How Bureaucracy Killed Policing   00:17:30 – Police Abandoned the Frontline   00:20:30 – Shoplifting, Drugs & Public Fear   00:26:00 – Women on the Frontline Debate   00:31:00 – Taser Policy, Safety & Reality   00:35:00 – Bureaucracy vs Evidence Gathering   00:40:00 – Informants, Surveillance & Undercover Work   00:45:20 – Why the PCC System Failed   00:50:00 – Sentencing, Prisons & Rehabilitation   00:55:00 – What's Wrong With Young Men?   01:00:00 – Outsourcing, Work Ethic & Minimum Wage   01:05:00 – Softness, Victimhood & State Expansion   01:10:00 – Indoctrination, Education & Marxism   01:15:00 – Immigration, Integration & Crime Concerns   01:20:00 – Political Class Is Failing Britain   01:25:00 – When Was Britain Last Better?   01:30:00 – What Would Fix Policing?   01:35:00 – Final Thoughts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK › https://x.com/ConorM04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -