Attacked, vilified, exhausted: Is the world's finest police force sinking to its knees?

Retired Met Officer Chris Hobbs says, at the time of writing this article, one of the most distressing YouTube videos he has seen was still showing footage of a man dying on a London street having been stabbed.

In fairness, other young men are trying to help and as the tragic victim sits up we see evidence of catastrophic blood loss in the form of blood-soaked jeans; the inevitable result of a punctured artery. Sadly, the helpers are clearly unaware of...