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As the summer haze begins to disappear, children return to school and swimming costumes are put away for another year, the Westminster village (like Brigadoon) will yawn and wake up. Politics will once again come to dominate the pages of…
The debate about ‘politics and policing’ is stepping up a gear or two. The announcement by Simon Weston that he has decided to pull out of the race to become the PCC for South Wales because it has all become “too political” is one that…
The results are in and 41 Labour Police & Crime Candidates have been selected. (As some will have observed, I missed being selected by just 24 votes out of the 1100 cast. I was and am still gutted to have lost, especially by such a small…
I had a debate with a political activist on twitter the other day. Except he would not describe himself as political or probably an activist. @coastaljoe1 says of himself “I just love the Sea & our environment. Closing 50% UK Coastguard…
The Bradford West result has got me thinking about policies and campaign strategy and tactics. I suspect I am not alone in thinking lots about all this. But the point of this article is not to rake over the coals again – many others with…
Privatisation is really bad, isn’t it?! I mean you don’t have to look far to find horror stories of where the private sector has raced to the bottom and is delivering shoddy, shocking services whilst creaming off a nice fat profit. What’s…
I am concerned that we may be beginning to see the emergence of a stealth Government strategy to ensure it has its supporters, masquerading as independents, in place as the new Police & Crime Commissioners? This is an issue that Paul…
We all know that the relationship between the police and the trade union movement has been chequered. And in the Labour movement, we are most uncomfortable with the idea of Police and Crime Commissioners. However the elections are going to…
The process to select candidates for the new Police Crime Commissioners is underway. The Labour Party NEC will be long-listing at the end of February. The Liberal Democrats have, I understand, said that they do not intend to field…
Being Labour means being part of a movement of hope. I believe our job is to help build a society where everyone has the wherewithal to shape and achieve their dreams and ambitions. Being a victim of crime often means that people stop…
By Jon Harvey Events of the last few weeks have thrown into relief the issue of police leadership and just how political their job can be at times. Debates have been raging at the highest political levels and widely discussed in the media…
