Category Archives: Policing

A number of the Blogs relate specifically to the proposed introduction of the Police and Crime Commissioners and my view that the Metropolitan Police which performs a role as local Police force for London and National Police force on several key issues needs to have some of these national roles removed in order that London Policing is not compromised by issues that have a National Political aspect (such as phone hacking)

A very disturbing tweet from someone the Government respects

Posted on September 5, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is clear that Daniel Hannan who was a Conservative MEP for the South East region from 1999 till the beginning of this year was well respected by the political party as he was elected as leader of the regional … Continue reading →

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Students are facing a tough next step, and so are all our MPs!

Posted on August 31, 2020 by ianchisnall

Today is the beginning of a significant period for many of us. Inevitably on a bank holiday people who work for agencies such as the Police, NHS including the Ambulance Service and the Fire and Rescue carry on as if … Continue reading →

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The Home Office must change its behaviour and attitudes

Posted on August 19, 2020 by ianchisnall

This tweet re-appeared yesterday along with a comment from Paul Bernal, a tweeter I often agree with. He was responding to how the Home Office is currently behaving towards our borders and Scotland and I have included his comment below. … Continue reading →

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We need regional forms of governance in England

Posted on August 15, 2020 by ianchisnall

A few days ago this piece of news appeared in the online BBC account and it was clearly very important to protect the Devon and Cornwall region as well as to act as a guidance to the rest of our … Continue reading →

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Stephen Lawrence’s murder led to some positive arrangements

Posted on August 12, 2020 by ianchisnall

This week it has been announced that the Metropolitan Police is closing down their investigations into the murder of of Stephen Lawrence, even though the Judge of the previous two prosecutions Colman Treacy made it very clear that there were … Continue reading →

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The largest annual increase in Police Officer numbers since 2003

Posted on July 31, 2020 by ianchisnall

This is the latest claim by our Home Secretary which appears in a magazine called the Police Oracle and of course she is right. The last time there was a major increase in Police Officer numbers was when the Labour … Continue reading →

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We clearly need a new competent Government

Posted on July 14, 2020 by ianchisnall

So this morning I took the latest posting from the Government website which is shown here along with my arrow and question. In the last 96 hours there has been a range of contradictory plans and demands from the Government. … Continue reading →

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Equality and Diversity in Sussex – there are some recent positives!

Posted on July 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

Over the last few weeks there have been many events that have brought equality and diversity to the top of many people’s priority lists. Inevitably for some people this is no difference to their ongoing challenges, but in terms of … Continue reading →

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Boris and his colleagues must now offer some real measures

Posted on June 27, 2020 by ianchisnall

Communities around the UK coast and potentially elsewhere are now working very hard to recover from several days where our roads became blocked with visitors and beaches got covered in tonnes of rubbish and excrement as the huge numbers of … Continue reading →

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Well done Lewes and Anthony for your first rate BLM event

Posted on June 9, 2020 by ianchisnall

Over the weekend while a number of BLM events were taking place I saw several debates and even entered into a few that were focused on BLM and involved people who argued that campaign was in error for a number … Continue reading →

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