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Politics and the police

Friday, 19 December 2008 08:47

Jacqui Smith has dropped plans for the public to have a say in policing because of opposition from the police. She claims that she does not want the police to become 'politicised'.

The real situation is that the police are already a highly political force that is unaccountable for their political actions.

Take the case of Colin Stagg who was wrongly accused of killing Rachel Nickell and who eventually received proper compensation.

The police were totally fixated on Mr Stagg who was innocent, but they had decided he was guilty and put all their efforts into finding evidence. Those who have read The Davinci Code or see the movie will immediately recognise the stereotype plod.

Part of the problem comes because police are always ready to titilate the public with detail about ongoing investigations. Police are also ready to stand outside courts following a trial and make further revelations about the grusome details of a crime.

This situation is totally unacceptable and thanks to Smith it's not going to change.

The police have been shown to be totally incompetent and now, they are not even going to have an enquiry into what they did wrong.

The public can have no faith in the police or Jacqui Smith and this labour government.

 

More democracy lost

Thursday, 18 December 2008 08:22

Jacqui Smith, UK Home Secretary has scrapped plans to give the people of the country a vote that would have brought police under better scrutiny and made them more accountable.
It is reported that this was because of opposition for the police themselves. If ever there was a reason to push ahead with this it is precisely because the police don't want it.
Ms Smith needs the police to do the government's dirty work, executing innocent Brazilians, arrensting opposition MPs, alienating youngsters by stopping and searching them etc etc.
We the people have been denied the opportunity to use our voices to say something about policing in our area.
This is not in the public interest, it is in the police interest.
 

Irag gives UK troops their marching orders

Wednesday, 17 December 2008 08:59

It will be presented as Gordon Brown bringing UK troops out of Iraq, but make no mistake about it, the truth is that Iraq is kicking us out by giving our troops their marching orders.

No doubt Gordon is delighted like the rest of us.

However, we need to remember that it was Tony Bliar acting as George's poodle that got us into a war that has cost us around 4 million pounds a day - and that's just the cost that the government is willing to admit. The actual cost is more likely 10 million pounds a day.

It's enough to make your eyes water.

   

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