The two parties had hoped that their superior organisation and finances would win them enough momentum in last Sunday's elections to help them beat off their common rival in the presidential vote on December 6th.

ECONOMIST: The colonel rides on

Later in Merton and Wandsworth, the Tories hit back again when their candidate Elizabeth Howlett beat off the opposition.

BBC: Tories and Labour tie GLA count

Officers who let peers be dispatched to time-intensive calls in their beat and minutes later came off of the call they were working, or who magically happened to drum up a car stop when dispatch was trying to send them to a call, were murmured about in the locker room.

FORBES: Q: What are some cultural faux pas in police departments?