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TopOfTheCops Scores on the Doors, as Labour nominations close
The Labour party have now stopped accepting applications for their Police and Crime Commissioner nominations, whereas the Conservative process is still open, as also are those of other parties, and...
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Against Donkeys
The Police and Crime Commissioner elections are supposed to be an extension of democracy, giving voters the chance to chuck out folk they reckon are not governing the police sufficiently well. The same...
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What are Conservative candidates thinking?
Yesterday saw Conservative Home feature an article on the emerging Police and Crime Commissioner candidates. It criticised some Conservative candidates for perceived dithering as to whether they were...
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Is the party over?
If you’ve come here expecting lots of commentary on “Winsor Part 2”, then I’m sorry to disappoint, but it’s just soooo long that I haven’t read it all yet, and haven’t the inclination to pretend I have...
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What are the LibDems thinking?
There has been very little LibDem input in this election so far, and it seems likely to continue that way. The party centrally is not funding local PCC candidates. A few local parties may chance their...
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Tight fights for TopOfTheCops
The Police and Crime Commissioner election battleground may be starting to emerge. I’ll not repeat all the caveats about the recent Police Foundation research on voting and these elections, but instead...
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Situation Vacant…
…but you’ve got to be quick, as it closes today. Oh, and you will need to be already vetted to Counter Terrorism Check level. No? Me neither. But if you are, the Association of Police Authorities are...
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Oh dear!
I knew it would go wrong the moment I heard it. “We have taken 513 police officers off the streets.” It was at the Lancashire Police Authority Meeting last week, where the Acting Chief Constable was...
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Blue Sunday
Councillor Craig McKinley, ex-Deputy-Leader of UKIP has been selected as the Conservative candidate for Kent PCC, where it is an open secret in advance of Monday’s announcement that he will face...
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Only a few coppers
Having decided that the time had come for a particular child of mine to stay in his own bed till morning, I have spent the past few nights enforcing this particular policy, and enduring the inevitable...
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Against Donkeys
The Police and Crime Commissioner elections are supposed to be an extension of democracy, giving voters the chance to chuck out folk they reckon are not governing the police sufficiently well. The same...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What are Conservative candidates thinking?
Yesterday saw Conservative Home feature an article on the emerging Police and Crime Commissioner candidates. It criticised some Conservative candidates for perceived dithering as to whether they were...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is the party over?
If you’ve come here expecting lots of commentary on “Winsor Part 2”, then I’m sorry to disappoint, but it’s just soooo long that I haven’t read it all yet, and haven’t the inclination to pretend I have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What are the LibDems thinking?
There has been very little LibDem input in this election so far, and it seems likely to continue that way. The party centrally is not funding local PCC candidates. A few local parties may chance their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tight fights for TopOfTheCops
The Police and Crime Commissioner election battleground may be starting to emerge. I’ll not repeat all the caveats about the recent Police Foundation research on voting and these elections, but instead...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Situation Vacant…
…but you’ve got to be quick, as it closes today. Oh, and you will need to be already vetted to Counter Terrorism Check level. No? Me neither. But if you are, the Association of Police Authorities are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oh dear!
I knew it would go wrong the moment I heard it. “We have taken 513 police officers off the streets.” It was at the Lancashire Police Authority Meeting last week, where the Acting Chief Constable was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Blue Sunday
Councillor Craig McKinley, ex-Deputy-Leader of UKIP has been selected as the Conservative candidate for Kent PCC, where it is an open secret in advance of Monday’s announcement that he will face...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Only a few coppers
Having decided that the time had come for a particular child of mine to stay in his own bed till morning, I have spent the past few nights enforcing this particular policy, and enduring the inevitable...
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