Category Archives: Police & Crime Commissioner

We need good links to the Home Office

Posted on July 28, 2013 by ianchisnall

In the eight months since the election of the 41 Police and Crime Commissioners across England and Wales, the relationship between Chief Constable and Police and Crime Commissioner has varied from the positive and warm to the down right hostile … Continue reading →

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Bernard is as inept as Boris

Posted on June 30, 2013 by ianchisnall

On Friday nights Radio 4 Any Questions one of the questions related to the appalling failure of judgement by the Metropolitan Police in choosing to investigate the family and friends of Stephen Lawrence during the aftermath of Stephens murder. The panel on … Continue reading →

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Is this what you meant by Impartiality?

Posted on June 27, 2013 by ianchisnall

When the Conservative Party first imposed the idea of a Police and Crime Commissioners on the coalition, building on a previous idea by the Labour Party, they proudly spoke about the need to encourage people with no previous political experience … Continue reading →

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Boris, not the first #PCCs amongst equals!

Posted on June 26, 2013 by ianchisnall

In British Politics there are few characters more eccentric than Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson and for all his strengths and many weaknesses it is hard to imagine anyone wanting to treat him as a role model in the normal sense of that … Continue reading →

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Can we focus on value as well as price?

Posted on June 25, 2013 by ianchisnall

According to a report prepared for the Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee last month which was the focus of an article in the Police Oracle, 17 out of the 41 new Police and Crime Commissioners are due to spend more than the previous Police Authorities did … Continue reading →

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What next for Police and Crime Commissioners?

Posted on June 24, 2013 by ianchisnall

According to American Journalist Tom Brokaw “It’s easy to make a buck.  It’s a lot tougher to make a difference” The temptation for politicians to make a quick buck has been widely publicised, including on this blog. However just as some are … Continue reading →

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The right sort of education

Posted on June 15, 2013 by ianchisnall

The latest government reforms to assist children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) are contained within the Children and Families Bill which is currently progressing through Parliament. According to an article in ‘Children and Young People Now’ Edward Timpson, the childrens Minister … Continue reading →

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Lets run the flag up the right flagpole!

Posted on June 5, 2013 by ianchisnall

Minister for planning, Nick Boles has managed to make some more headlines, following on from his comments in late April when he suggested that planning rules would be relaxed as long as people design attractive homes. This of course upset all … Continue reading →

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Don’t blank us again

Posted on April 26, 2013 by ianchisnall

The Police and Crime Commissioner elections in November 2012 were organised by the Home Office, a Government agency unused to such work. They have been widely criticised since by the Electoral Commission and Electoral Reform Society, two organisations whose focus is … Continue reading →

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A is for Accountability

Posted on February 22, 2013 by ianchisnall

During the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election campaign last year Katy Bourne, the successful Tory candidate made it clear that if she was elected, she would be held accountable primarily through the use of the ballot box in May … Continue reading →

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