Rejoice. The world is a better place without this toxic cunt.
The Wigan-born police officer was known for his faith and strong views and called for the reintroduction of capital punishment, rapists to be castrated and homosexuality to be outlawed.
His outspokenness led to calls for his resignation in the mid-1980s when, at the height of the Aids crisis, he said gay men were āswirling about in a human cesspit of their own makingā.
However, he survived the controversy after being backed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Further criticism followed when he spoke of administering corporal punishment to criminals to make them ābeg for mercyā.
He told a magazine lawbreakers āshould be punished until they repent of their sinsā.
āIād thrash some criminals myself, most surely,ā he added.
Sigh, James Anderton, he left us too late.
He, and people like Rees-Mogg, are why anyone with superstitious beliefs should be excluded from public office - āGuided by sky-fairiesā is really not fit-for-purpose in C21st.
Remember when bush said he heard god advising him to go to war with Iraq. Itās pretty foolproof in terms of avoiding your own decisions.
Remember Sutcliffe had a similar defence, but alas it didnāt work in court
Vladimir Lamm CEO and designer Lamm Industries. What a great shame it isnāt another certain Vladimir
An utter cunt. The man Happy Mondays wrote Godās Cop about. No great loss.
Did he have any connection to Jimmy S?
BBC News - Dennis Waterman: Minder and New Tricks star dies aged 74
Loved minder & the sweeney
Shit that is sad news - The Sweeney and Minder are favourites to this day.
Ah bum 
As above - iconic TV
Yeah bummer and not really that old - RIP
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Tragic
Christ, that is two of his children in the last few years. Nobody deserves to live through that kind of loss twice.
I think Kwarteng did the same fuck upš¤£!
Actually might have been Nadhim Zahawiā¦or could have been both of them which would be moar bettererš¤£?