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Category Archives: Policing
Solving knife crime needs diverse approaches
There are many challenges facing our society and having observed the crime scene for a knife based high profile murder last weekend it is understandable how the issue is appearing to impact communities across the UK. However in reality whilst … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety, Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy, Policing, Youth Issues
Tagged #knifefree, Sajid Javid MP
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Hi Matt, was Thatcher a Hero or Villain over Orgreave?
When MPs or Ministers are asked questions they regularly demonstrate they believe they have the choice of avoiding the question if it is seen as potentially a trick question or answering it and being taken out and criticised in public. … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged Margaret Thatcher, Matthew Hancock, Orgreave
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Tories need to stop wasting public money and promoting hatred
When political parties start declaring laws and new powers for agencies that are part of the public sector, it would be easy to assume that such laws or powers are needed. In reality sadly far too often the public declarations … Continue reading
A major misunderstanding of the PCC role
Most people outside of political parties in the UK and even some in the parties but outside of the cohorts of MPs and Councillors and their closest friends recognise that while we get a chance to vote for a representative … Continue reading
The Government must be held accountable on policing matters
The reason for having a national Government is supposed to be that as well as setting out national policies and national budgets, that they also monitor how the regional and local bodies that they fund through those budgets, deliver effective … Continue reading
A Politician who admits what a mess his party has made of Police funding
There is no suggestion here that the cuts to policing budget introduced by the coalition Government from 2010 onwards were a good idea, after all James was not an MP at the time so he cannot be held personally accountable … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Police & Crime Commissioner, Policing
Tagged James Cleverly
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A poor grasp of racism from someone who should know much better
Over the last ten days there have been two public statements by Melanie Phillips on the theme of racism that both raise some serious questions. According to Wikipedia Melanie who is a Jew was born to parents who arrived in … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Immigration, Journalism, Policing
Tagged Jaden Moodie, Macpherson Report, Melanie Phillips, Nish Kumar, William Macpherson
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Sussex PCC seen as a brave leader by her Tory colleagues
When MPs and Ministers hold debates about policing, it is not unusual for them to refer to the bravery and leadership of Police Officers who run into places of danger in order to protect other people or who take decisions … Continue reading
Lets have some consistency in our border rules!
I am really delighted to read this article from the Guardian that at long last the Police are going to end some of their formal processes that for far too long have connected then to the UK Visas and Immigration … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged Association of Chief Police Officers, Caroline Nokes, UKBA, UKVI
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Liar, Liar, is Nick Hurd setting himself on fire?
The idea that MPs, Peers or in the worst case scenario, Government Ministers can tell lies and get away with it is surely one of the reasons why our Democracy has so little support from people in the UK. A … Continue reading
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