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A Post-Apocalyptic Dawn

Reading Time: 4 minutes Well, it’s taken 4 years but the Horsemen finally seem to have earnt their corn. The votes have been counted and verified and I can announce that the winner is Theresa May. Results in Wales are not set to be announced until Sunday but it seems that the Tory Machine has won the day.  Having […]

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A Post-Apocalyptic Dawn

Reading Time: 4 minutes Apologies for the duplication, I had a technical problem with the url after correcting some typos Well, it’s taken 4 years but the Horsemen finally seem to have earnt their corn. The votes have been counted and verified and I can announce that the winner is Theresa May. Results in Wales are not set to

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PCC Elections?  Sshhh Maybe Nobody Will Notice

Reading Time: < 1 minute Just in case you hadn’t noticed there are elections next Thursday to elect some Police and Crime Commissioners.  I only say that because you may not have heard.  You have been a victim of this government’s latest scandalous trick. Firstly Cabinet Office withdrew the funding for the candidates’ mailshot, meaning they would have to fund

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Controversial?  Me? Maybe Just This Once

Reading Time: 3 minutes Next month will bring us the 2016 elections for Police and Crime Commissioners.  At this precise moment I have no idea how they will go.  Most areas have Local Authority Elections on the same day which will hopefully improve the turnout over the 2012 disaster, but who knows, time will tell. The government seem to

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Purdah vs FOIA

Reading Time: < 1 minute Yes, that old chestnut. Personally, I confess, I did not know which should or would apply in the run-up to an election, so I phoned a friend.  It was not long before an answer was forthcoming. https://twitter.com/campaignfoi/status/72240647640541184 @Alanw47 No. They have to be answered within normal deadline. See pg7 Cabinet Office's general election guidance https://t.co/ff2tH4IfOa

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In Support Of The NARPO Army

Reading Time: 4 minutes There has been a lot of comment on Twitter recently to the effect that ex Police Officers should not stand for election in the forthcoming PCC Eelections in May.  Why not?  Who CAN stand in a hope of being elected?  ALMOST ANYONE. To be able to stand as a candidate at a Police and Crime

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The Countdown To 5th May Has Begun

Reading Time: 2 minutes Just 2 months to go until possibly one of the most important elections in recent years.The elections for Police and Crime Commissioner.  Local Authority and Mayoral elections (where applicable) are being held on the same date and hopefully this will improve the turnout. Unlike in 2012 , when the last PCC elections were held, Police

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Spotlight On Dyfed Powys Police, Life On The Other Side Of Offa’s Dyke

Reading Time: 3 minutes Another Tory Police & Crime Commissioner has come to my attention this week. In the second of my ‘Spotlight’ articles my trusty beam goes over Offa’s Dyke and into Welsh Wales. Firstly we have Mr Salmon’s astonishing claim to be recruiting extra Police Officers. In a move similar to that in North Yorkshire, Mr Salmon

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BREAKING NEWS:- Mike Pannett To Stand For North Yorks PCC

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hear ye, hear ye, at 11 o’clock this morning it will be announced that our very own Mike Pannett will be standing for election to the post of Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire. Needless to say he will be standing as an Independent candidate, free from the shackles and interference of Party Politics.

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Two Simple Questions, How Hard Can It Be?

Reading Time: < 1 minute Could you please provide me with the estimated/anticipated cost of providing a Candidate Leaflet or ‘Mailshot’ for the 2016 Mayoral Elections? Could you please provide me with the estimated/anticipated cost of providing a Candidate Leaflet or ‘Mailshot’ for the 2016 Local Authority Elections? And the answer from our illustrious Cabinet Office? I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is  not held by the Cabinet Office. It

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