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OK, "my work here is done", as they say. Glojo, if this were the real world I'd be happy to tweak para7 to meet your concerns, but there's no point, is there?
I have met my objectives, have a better (though still incomplete) idea of how the RAF got into this position, and what "this position" actually is. I deplore (don't often get to use that word!) the notion of Police Primacy, and I don't imagine the police especially relish it, but it is up to those who still have their hands on the controls to change it. Perhaps this discussion will give them some ideas.
Thanks to all the serious contributors who shed light on aspects which had been dark to me. I don't post often here any more - it all gets a bit intense, so I expect to go "deep and silent" for a while, but who knows what might provoke me!!
Cheers
Keith