Mandelson is no longer on police bail. The Met:
“A 72-year-old man arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office has been released under investigation. The investigation remains ongoing.”
That means they don’t think he’s a flight risk any more since arresting him after a tip off from Hoyle on Monday. There is no fixed date for his return to the police station…
Speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio about kicking the Golders Green suspect, Heidi Alexander said:
“I thought that if I was in the shoes of that police officer, then if I’m honest, given the situation, and the fact that he had a backpack on his back, and they were worried about whether that might go off, I could, if I was a police officer, frankly, I could see myself having taken similar action.”