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Tag Archives: Theresa May
The Borders in our minds
Its been a strange week. We had the news yesterday that after a ‘mistake’ by the Home Office over the visa for Ai Weiwei that Theresa May has overturned their decision. The HO had trawled the internet and believed him … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Ai Weiwei, Calais, Home Office, Ministry of Defence, Operation Stack, Prime Minister, Theresa May
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Have we got the resources we need?
According to todays news, Police overtime in the last year exceeded £310M, and over the last 3 years amounted to some £1Bn. The Metropolitan Police accounts for around 1/3 of the total. These figures suggest that Policing costs are out of control and unless … Continue reading
Everyone counts
Together we seem pretty bad at caring for a small number of vulnerable people and those with needs that are not the experience of most of us. Few of us are ever likely to end up in a police cell … Continue reading
Two blasts from the past
This week the Government has been forced to address two matters that have been bubbling away for more than a year. The High Court judgement over the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (DRIP) Act which I wrote about extensively last … Continue reading
Posted in Data Retention and Investigatory Powers, Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy, Police & Crime Commissioner, Policing, UK Riots in August 2011
Tagged Bernard Hogan Howe, Boris Johnson, Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill, DRIP, Kevin Hurley, Theresa May, Water Cannon, Yvette Cooper
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What Marr did not ask Theresa
Watching this mornings Marr, it was understandable that their time was taken up discussing terrorism in the context of the attacks in Tunisia. However terror is caused by all sorts of actions, not all of which involve guns or bombs. … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Marr, Lowell Goddard, Simon Danczuk, Theresa May, Tom Watson
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Victims and Survivors Consultative Panel
On 15th May the website for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse announced that “due to the large number of applicants to the Victims and Survivors Consultative Panel (VSCP), and in order to ensure that all of these applications are … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Child Abuse Inquiry, Theresa May
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In todays peculiar news
The State Opening of Parliament and Queens Speech will allow all of us to learn a number of unpalatable things. The first is to demonstrate the extent to which the building was designed for a much smaller Parliament, or perhaps the extent … Continue reading
How shall we measure progress?
In early July 2014 Theresa May, the Home Secretary for the coalition announced that she was going to establish a National inquiry into Childhood Sexual Exploitation. After many false starts a new Chair, Lowell Goddard was appointed at the beginning of February … Continue reading
Party planning
The decision by the Home Secretary to change the funding formulae for policing political conferences will have a negative impact on Sussex Police as it will on all Police forces in areas where our Political Parties hold their occasional set piece … Continue reading
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