Too Quick on the draw

One would imagine that a prerequisite of heading the Met’s counter-terrorism branch would be having good judgement. This is something that Bob Quick, who signed off on the Damian Green arrest, seems to lack.

This morning a story in the Mail on Sunday reported that his wife runs a wedding car hire service from their home. Quick responded by accusing the Tories of smearing him because of the Damian Green arrest. The bizarre statement alleged that, “The Tory machinery and their press friends are mobilised against this investigation in a wholly corrupt way, and I feel very disappointed in the country I am living in.”

The Tories replied with a simple denial. Soon after, Qucik issued another statement retracting the allegation and regretting that he had made it in the first place.