y a group of about 9 youths around the McDonalds near Leicester Square. I stared at them for a few seconds and they all started shouting at me to “back the f*** off”. They ran off, and one minute later I phoned 999 – police arrived on the scene within 90 seconds and we did a drive around for half an hour to try look for them. We had no luck, sadly. Tonight I got a call from a Detective Constable who is trawling through CCTV footage to get them… on a Sunday. This is the second time in two years that this has happened to me (and the second time police have shown that they do try quite hard even for such petty incidents), and though I often whine about paying 40% taxes, there is some comfort in knowing that we have one of the most effective policing institutions in the world looking out for us every day.