Or maybe Christmas puds? What else can explain why Durham Police attended 8 sudden deaths on Christmas Day 2022? In their own words:
Christmas Day 2022: 339 incidents, 339 people who needed our help.
Our first call came in just 11 minutes into the day; a catalytic converter stolen from a car parked on a Chester-le-Street industrial estate.
By the time the little ones were waking to open their Xmas presents at 6am, we had dealt with 62 incidents including a fight outside a Chester-le-Street pub.
And as people sat down to watch the King’s Speech after dinner, we were dealing with reports of an altercation in the street in Seaham, our 173rd call of the day. Thankfully, it turned out to be a false alarm.
Sadly we attended eight sudden deaths, we sorted out a parking dispute in Darlington, dealt with at least three road collisions and looked for two escaped horses in the south of the county.
Apparently, according to a FOIA request shown on the video with this tweet, there was an average of about one sudden adult death per day in England and Wales in the five years from 2016-2020. Those figures would have to be checked.
If the above FOIA data is correct, then eight sudden deaths happening on Christmas Day in County Durham alone is cause for an urgent investigation I would have thought. Was it a bad batch of Christmas Turkeys . . . . . or something else? No mention on their website that Durham Police are investigating these deaths. Autopsies? Crickets. The BBC reports that they are ‘not suspicious’. Really? How do they come to that conclusion?
I wonder how many ‘non-suspicious’ sudden adult deaths UK police forces have attended in total over Christmas and the New Year?
We’re NOT going to talk about it:
https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/124/042/926/playable/5af49c5a73a94bb2.mp4
The dogs agree. They’re not talking about it. My dogs are not talking about it either, mainly on account of the fact that I haven’t dropped dead, so they’re happy.
Updated post with amusing Katie Hopkins video.
I must admit I was intrigued by the theft of a catalytic converter. I thought these were bolted into the exhaust system. It would be a lot easier to steal the entire car (not that I would know anything about that of course).
The latest tabloid headlines seem to be blaming the recent excess deaths on the parlous state of the NHS. I'm sure those in power will be happy to give that narrative plenty of encouragement.