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TomSlick

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7. The Scots and Welsh will resist policing from London.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jan 25, 2026, 07:23 PM

15 hrs ago

At a minimum, the agents in Scotland should be Scots and the agents in Wales should be Welsh.

The UK is not a federation. Calling it a federal bureau is nonsensical. The fall back position would be the Royal Bureau of Investigation.

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UK plans to create 'British FBI' to bring national investigations under single police force [View all] BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago OP

What good is MI-5 then? House of Roberts 18 hrs ago #1

Perhaps MI-5 would become a division of this. DavidDvorkin 18 hrs ago #3

MI-5 is all about catching spies and terrorists jmowreader 17 hrs ago #4

Think of MI-5 as "Domestic CIA". mwooldri 16 hrs ago #6

Policing in England & Wales can be improved. mwooldri 18 hrs ago #2

Sounds like the right thing to do. mysteryowl 16 hrs ago #5

The Scots and Welsh will resist policing from London. TomSlick 15 hrs ago #7

Ok, maybe I'm way out of it here, but what's Scotland Yard supposed to be? NBachers 13 hrs ago #8

I prefer United Investigative National Team or UNIT and they can then use robot dogs and drive big box like cars. cstanleytech 13 hrs ago #9

Whatever will they name it? BidenRocks 11 hrs ago #10