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EPISODE · Dec 9, 2025 · 1H 40M

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

from The Peter McCormack Show

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 - [email protected] › 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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