Randolph Tony Blair, whom I once considered the world’s greatest public speaker, told the world on 1 April (not a joke) that a really serious organisation against crime, in the vein of the United States’ FBI, has been created in the UK.
The joke is that it sounds like the UK’s national sport. No, I don’t mean bad cooking or wife beating. I mean soccer.
Yes, terrorists and violent and serious criminals, the SOCA (Serious Organised Crime Agency) is coming for you. Run, hide, etc. Fear them, etc.
It’s at times like this that even the silly names the USA comes up with for their agencies just sound better. FBI? CIA? Even Israel’s Mossad sounds scary. Good grief, even the erstwhile gang “PAGAD” from Cape Town sounded scarier.
I wonder how long it will take someone to come up with campaign buttons like “SOCA Mom” or “SOCA kids”. By the way, if anyone does try this, I came up with the idea first!