Monthly Archives: June 2012

Candidate Statement of Robert Evans

Posted on 30/06/2012 by

Robert Evans is seeking the Labour nomination to be the Police and Crime Commissioner in Surrey. If you are intending to stand to be Police and Crime Commissioner where you live, you can submit your own Candidate Statement, so get … Continue reading →

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Electoral Commission publish PCC guides

Posted on 29/06/2012 by

The Electoral Commission have launched their guides for Candidates and Agents in the Police and Crime Commissioner election – required reading, but it has only just happened, so don’t expect me to have a comprehensive knowledge just yet. One thing … Continue reading →

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Does turnout matter?

Posted on 28/06/2012 by

One defining moment of the CREST Advisory PCC Future event this week was when one of the assembled experts, having been asked to estimate the turnout in November, gave a figure but then added that it didn’t matter. Cue a … Continue reading →

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Remember not the sins of my youth?

Posted on 28/06/2012 by

So wrote David in Psalm 25, reflecting the idea that when we are young we all may do stuff that we shouldn’t, and would rather not have held against us for the rest of our lives (and beyond). While the … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Party?

Posted on 26/06/2012 by

There are three briefing events for PCC candidates this week. Today was CREST Advisory’s bespoke event for PCC candidates. Thursday sees a PCC- inspired day at the LGA’s annual conference, and Friday sees the Association of Police Authorities in drag … Continue reading →

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Candidate Statement of Andrew Smith

Posted on 25/06/2012 by

Andrew Smith is seeking the Liberal Democrat nomination to be the Police and Crime Commissioner in Sussex. If you are intending to stand to be Police and Crime Commissioner where you live, you can submit your own Candidate Statement, so … Continue reading →

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Conviction politics

Posted on 24/06/2012 by

Time for a ‘told you so’ moment. TopOfTheCops has already told you about candidates having problems with their convictions. Criminal convictions that is, not the other kind – this is politics. Last week the site asked “Are you disqualified from … Continue reading →

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Thank you

Posted on 23/06/2012 by

Reblogged from Sam4Lancs.com: Just a quick note to say thanks to everyone who came to the Lancashire Conservatives’ Selection Council. It was a very rainy night and the prospect of listening to a series of candidates for half an hour … Continue reading →

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What sort of person would make the best kind of Police and Crime Commissioner?

Posted on 22/06/2012 by

Reblogged from Sam4Lancs.com: The Policy Exchange think tank have now released the full details of their recent YouGov poll of public attitudes to Police and Crime Commissioners. The poll covered questions about whether respondents had been victims of crime in … Continue reading →

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Candidate Statement of Julie Iles

Posted on 21/06/2012 by

Julie Iles is seeking the Conservative nomination to be the Police and Crime Commissioner in Surrey. If you are intending to stand to be Police and Crime Commissioner where you live, you can submit your own Candidate Statement, so get … Continue reading →

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