Tag Archives: Police and Crime Commissioner

Lets have some proportional representation

Posted on May 2, 2014 by ianchisnall

The panel line up for last nights BBC TV Question Time included Councillor Suzanne Evans, a UKIP Councillor from Merton in Surrey who is also their spokesperson for Communities. Her only other qualification for appearing is that next year she will be one … Continue reading →

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Difficult choices

Posted on April 25, 2014 by ianchisnall

On Sunday in Brighton & Hove residents and visitors will mingle together in their chosen activities, benefiting from the sea air and the opportunity to exchange views. Some will be on Madeira Drive East of the Palace Pier roundabout, taking … Continue reading →

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A failure to keep Party Politics out of Policing

Posted on March 19, 2014 by ianchisnall

In recent weeks the Home Secretary has toured UK Police forces, using the opportunity to meet Police and Crime Commissioners across the country and calling in on Conservative MPs in their constituencies ensuring that her Political Party gets the maximum exposure from the … Continue reading →

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Politics free Policing?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by ianchisnall

“We can’t have this whole process taken over by Party hacks” this statement about the role of Police and Crime Commissioners was made by Blair Gibbs on 6th August 2011 on Radio 4. Blair was Chief of Staff to Nick … Continue reading →

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Innocent children deserve better

Posted on January 17, 2014 by ianchisnall

We are letting down significant numbers of young people each year according to Assistant Chief Constable Dawn Copley of Greater Manchester Police. She was speaking in to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Children according to this news report when she … Continue reading →

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Lets stop sending innocent children to prison!

Posted on October 22, 2013 by ianchisnall

According to a report recently published by the Howard League for Penal Reform, Sussex Police detained 1564 children in custody cells overnight during 2011. Although this was a drop of 9% when compared to 2010 the number of girls detained rose from … Continue reading →

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Impartiality in tatters

Posted on October 17, 2013 by ianchisnall

The country is now fully engaged in a general election campaign. If you were in any doubt of that, Heather Harper isn’t. Heather is the Chairman of Conservatives Abroad. She writes on their website  “We need your vote to get a … Continue reading →

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Do we get the representatives we deserve?

Posted on October 10, 2013 by ianchisnall

Less than a week after the end of the Conservative Party conference we are well into the election campaign for the General Election 2015 made a great deal easier for the parties to sustain because of the need to prepare … Continue reading →

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Lobbying by another name?

Posted on September 4, 2013 by ianchisnall

Yesterday the House of Commons held a debate about lobbying in an attempt to make the process more transparent and accountable. This mornings blog offers an example of how difficult it will be for the Government to carry through on these proposals … Continue reading →

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Youtube if you want to, not everyone can hear!

Posted on August 25, 2013 by ianchisnall

I first used YouTube for my benefit, this time last year when I was attempting to get elected as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex. I didn’t have the professionally produced, Party Political videos that some of my competitors could … Continue reading →

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