Advertising parties on Facebook - a postcode lottery...

Two stories, three days apart that shows an interesting view on different police forces.

Firstly, we have a helicopter, riot van and four police cars closing down a dastardly 30th birthday barbecue consisting of 15 people in a private field.

Then we have the police turning up an hour after a hundred youths go nuts in the centre of a town.

Not even going into what I think about the police trawling Facebook for things to do, but just going to focus on what can only be described as fucked up prioritization.

Is it me, or did the dibbles get this arse about tit? Doing an A-Team on an inoffensive BBQ, using anti-rave laws - personally I can tell the difference between someone grilling burgers and someone in day-glo jacket waving glowsticks - seems somewhat insane. It was in the middle of a private field - who was it going upset? Fucking pixies? Perhaps the more imaginary inhabitants of Devon take great exception to barbecues? Of course the police didn't apologize, they just tried spinning a load of bullshit.

On the other hand, maybe stopping 15 year olds having an allnighter that's attracting a hundred people in a built up area could actually be justified? I mean, I know which one seems the most likely to end up in property damage, annoyed neighbours and actual grievances to be aired. Not the police however.