The total salary cost of Police and Crime Commissioners is approximately £3m. Yet it is suggested that Police Authorities can replace PCCs if there is no mayor. The total cost of allowances on Police Authorities in 2010 was £10m – a comparable figure would be £15m today.
The Conservative Party has been “weighed in the balance and found wanting”. And now, like Belshazzar of old, their time is passing. Britain needs a new party to drive the radical change this country needs.
Like Powell, the left wing barristers are haunted by the spectre of the majority, native population of Britain turning nasty in the face of mass immigration.
There is a very strong demand from the voluntary party that no-one gets to be a Conservative candidate for anything without a robust evaluation of their Conservative values.
Only Turkey has a more centralised system of government than England among OECD countries. There is now cross-party consensus to address this democratic deficiency.
We must select a regional candidate soon, so the next three years can be spent on reinvigorating our Conservatism locally and building a solid base to represent the interests of the region as a whole.
Even the most dedicated and skilled police force – as Leicestershire Police clearly is – can’t do the job if they don’t have the right tools.
Is it right that if one police officer somewhere gets it wrong every police officer everywhere gets damned. Why isn’t this constant negativity tempered with any positivity about the good work done by most police officers day after day
If the law is felt to be a constraint on free speech, then that is for Parliament to debate and hopefully change.
Across the country, rural residents, particularly farmers, feel their concerns are overlooked by the police and councils, leaving them feeling isolated and unsupported.
Using the Star Chamber approach I, as elected representative of the taxpayers, will have a firm grip on where the money goes and on what it is spent.
What we can expect is reoffending rates to go up, more victims to be affected and more public money spent investigating crime and apprehending criminals, all putting more pressure on the already pressurised criminal justice system.
It will be a missed opportunity if police chiefs allow the perception to take root that British policing is now in the business of picking sides.
The left-wing politicisation of the police continues. And far from objecting, the Chief Constables are actively collaborating.
It is not about being draconian. It is about restoring order and respect. It is about being unapologetically Conservative and sending a clear message that the Conservative Party is on the side of law-abiding citizens, not repeat offenders.