Tag Archives: Metropolitan Police

Why 11th May 2012 musn’t be overlooked

Posted on May 9, 2012 by ianchisnall

Final plans are being made by Police Federation members and Staff Employees up and down the country for a rally in London tomorrow in response to a series of challenges to policing practice which have emerged over the last 2 years. … Continue reading →

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An open response to Labour Home

Posted on February 17, 2012 by ianchisnall

I am standing as the Independent candidate in elections to choose the first Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex – check out my website for more information. The elections will take place on 15th November and all people who are … Continue reading →

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Three months later…….

Posted on November 9, 2011 by ianchisnall

Three months after the London disturbances, another gang came to have fun in London last night intending to create some headlines. They consumed large quantities of alcohol and appear to have had a good time. These were not the rioters of August many … Continue reading →

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End the farce at New Scotland Yard!

Posted on August 26, 2011 by ianchisnall

As part of the famous handbag scene in Oscar Wilde’s farce, The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Bracknell declares ‘To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose both looks like carelessness.’ This same epithet … Continue reading →

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A Policemans lot is not a happy one!

Posted on August 13, 2011 by ianchisnall

This years Centenary of the death of WS Gilbert commemorates the man who wrote these words as part of his Operetta, Pirates of Penzance ‘Our feelings we with difficulty smother, when Constabulary duty’s to be done, Ah, take one consideration with another, a policeman’s lot is not … Continue reading →

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Police and Crime Commissioners and their Deputies

Posted on August 7, 2011 by ianchisnall

As Harold Macmillan is widely reported to have suggested, the best of plans and ideas can catch us all out (or events, dear boy, events). Tonights Channel 4 news focused extensively on the Tottenham Riots and ended up with an … Continue reading →

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The compromise in British Policing

Posted on July 18, 2011 by ianchisnall

It seems clear that one of the reasons why Neil Wallis was appointed as advisor to the Metropolitan Police was that he was close to Andy Coulson who was then Advisor to David Cameron and seemed destined to move with … Continue reading →

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