The dangers of an unaccountable police force
A joint post by Dave Prentis, UNISON general secretary and Neville Lawrence who spoke at the union’s annual…
Police
Fast out of the blocks. High calibre candidates. Labour’ PCC trail-blazers
Labour’s co-ordinated launch of Police and Crime Commissioner candidates this week, and their high calibre, has made the…
Speaking up for the victims of crime
A couple of years ago, we were burgled. It was a professional job, by a man called Colin…
Are the government panicking over police commissioners?
This weekend, a bumper mailing from head office will start to land on the doormats of thousands of…
Ouch
Hat-tip – Paul Waugh for this example of that fabled Tory media management…
A very different demo
I’ve been on many demonstrations over the years – in support of miners, teachers, nurses, but never before…
Police and Crime commissioners – the shortlisted candidates
Over the past few weeks we’ve been collating a list of all of the shortlisted Labour candidates for…
Police & Crime Commissioner elections: connecting with the margin and mainstream
The Bradford West result has got me thinking about policies and campaign strategy and tactics. I suspect I…
Miliband talks tough on anti-social behaviour
Ahead of Labour’s local election campaign launch this morning, Ed Miliband has written for the Mirror, arguing that…
Outsourcing: where do you draw the line?
Privatisation is really bad, isn’t it?! I mean you don’t have to look far to find horror stories…
