I think I love Marina Hyde.

Earlier this year, it was discovered that police were handing out in schools leaflets that push the church’s anti-drug programme - the not at all sinisterly named Narconon. Oh, and City of London Chief Superintendent Ken Stewart appeared in a promotional video for the church itself. When pressed, a police spokesman said Ch Supt Stewart had to “build links” with the “diverse” community he policed, and that meant meeting community leaders.

Sweet suffering Xenu! Please not the old “community leaders” flannel … It often keeps me awake that I have got to this stage in my life without knowing who my community leader is. Do you know yours? It feels so much worse than not being able to name one’s MP….

The police do not need to “build links” with the Scientology community, which - despite most recent estimates valuing the British arm of its operation at £57m - had just 1,781 adherents at the last census (with the majority based near the church’s East Grinstead HQ). What links are the police forging with the Jedi community? Because that’s the fourth biggest religion in the land, according to the same census. Frankly, City of London police should spend a little more time reaching out to Luke Skywalker fans, and a little less reaching for the collar of free-speaking children.

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