If you find any of these posts relevant to some of the social or political issues of the moment do leave a comment or contact me directly (click on my photo for my contact details)
Blog Stats
- 73,452 hits
-
Recent Posts
Archives
Top Rated
Categories
- Afghanistan (26)
- Brighton & Hove (587)
- Casey Review (5)
- Charities (492)
- Church Teaching (99)
- Community Safety (265)
- Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (17)
- Deaf & Hard of Hearing (60)
- Economics (538)
- Education (408)
- Environment (200)
- EU Referendum (535)
- Health Reform (110)
- Housing (77)
- Immigration (101)
- Journalism (125)
- Justice Issues (219)
- Lobbying Bill (65)
- Network Rail (60)
- Obituary (19)
- Parliament and Democracy (2,904)
- Phone Hacking (7)
- Planning Rules (56)
- Police & Crime Commissioner (202)
- Policing (389)
- Scottish Referendum (21)
- STEM (46)
- Syria (90)
- Think Tanks (15)
- UK Riots in August 2011 (15)
- Ukraine (13)
- Uncategorized (47)
- Welfare Reform (72)
- Yemen (44)
- Youth Issues (372)
Twitter Updates
- Three Sussex Tory MPs call the Government to change - two of them have signed documents and one of them refused to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 8 hours ago
- So @trussliz claims that she and her Government "have worked tirelessly" to resolve the NI issues for the UK twitter.com/IanChisnall/st… 22 hours ago
- @simonbarrow Bizarrely there was a call from the Ashfield and Eastwood MP Lee Anderson for 30p being sufficient for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
- Why has Christopher Chope criticised Brighton and Hove Council? He is a Dorset MP and it is clear there are no conc… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago
- Amber Rudd
- Andrew Griffith
- Boris Johnson
- Brexit
- Brighton & Hove
- Brighton & Hove City Council
- C-19
- Caroline Ansell
- Caroline Lucas
- Charities
- Charity Commission
- Charity Commission for England and Wales
- Chris Grayling
- Conservative Party
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- Daily Telegraph
- Daniel Hannan
- David Cameron
- David Davis
- Democracy
- Department for Education
- Donald Trump
- Eric Pickles
- EU Referendum
- European Union
- FareShare
- Foodbanks
- George Osborne
- Gillian Keegan
- Government
- Green Party
- Henry Smith
- Home Office
- House of Commons
- House of Lords
- Huw Merriman
- Iain Duncan Smith
- Independent Candidates
- Jacob Rees-Mogg
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Jeremy Hunt
- Katy Bourne
- Labour Party
- Lib Dem Party
- Lloyd Russell-Moyle
- Lobbying Bill
- Local government
- Maria Caulfield
- Matthew Hancock
- Member of Parliament
- Michael Gove
- MPs
- NHS
- Nicholas Soames
- Nick Gibb
- Nigel Farage
- Nusrat Ghani
- Parliament
- Peter Bottomley
- Peter Kyle
- Police and Crime Commissioner
- Priti Patel
- Sajid Javid MP
- Sally-Ann Hart
- Small Businesses
- SME
- Sussex
- Sussex Police
- Syria
- Theresa May
- Tim Loughton
- Tony Blair
- UKIP
- YMCA Downslink Group
Category Archives: Police & Crime Commissioner
Tom Winsor ends his role with some clear challenges
Tom Winsor is the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), a role he took over in September 2012, two months before the end of Police Authorities and the election for the Police and Crime Commissioners. Tom Winsor was the first person who … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Police & Crime Commissioner, Policing
Tagged ACPO, Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Gary Mason, Tom Winsor
Leave a comment
Two significant people who received New Year Honours
At the Elections last year of the Police and Crime Commissioners, two Independent PCC’s stepped down following 9 years of their work as PCCs. In Avon and Somerset Sue Mountstevens was the PCC and in Dorset Martyn Underhill was the … Continue reading
We need all politicians to work together Nicola
On Thursday this week there was a discussion in the House of Commons under the title of Business of the House and one of the MPs stood up to call for a Parliamentary debate that related to her setting which … Continue reading
A classic example of PM Incompetence for Policing
There are many people inside and outside the mainstream political setting who do not consider the role of the Police and Crime Commissioner as being very effective. It is sad that they do so as clearly when Independent credible people … Continue reading
Is there a way forward for Independent Candidates?
The results for Police and Crime Commissioners 2021 is deeply disturbing on many levels. In one sense it demonstrates what a dominant political party set out to achieve and has managed to do so after 3 attempts. In 2012 when … Continue reading
Election candidates should matter more than party membership
It feels very strange that although the various voting elements all took place last Thursday that today there are still some results that we are expecting will be completed today. Many of us can recall the days when elections took … Continue reading
Please elect Independent Police and Crime Commissioners today
Today across England and Wales we need to elect a Police and Crime Commissioner in our area. Many people disagree with the idea of an elected Police and Crime Commissioner and many people disagree with the loss of the Police … Continue reading
A modest number of Independent PCC candidates for 2021
As this tweet demonstrates, the Sussex voters have been handed the opportunity to vote for an Independent Police and Crime Commissioner on 6th May. The name of the person is Roy Williams or actually his full name is Roy Thomas … Continue reading
Increasing diversity is not a once in a generation opportunity
The following question from Catherine West MP to Priti Patel which has been answered by Kit Malthouse contains a very deep flaw and demonstrates a great deal of ignorance. I have had the privilege to speak to a number of … Continue reading
Priti Patel wants Labour run Police Stations to stay open!
It is clear that Political based Police and Crime Commissioners are a very poor quality approach to this role. The fact that the origins of the PCCs from the Conservative Party and initially adopted by the Labour Party for them … Continue reading