Tag Archives: selectorate

Are trades unions buying influence with PCCs?

Posted on 19/09/2012 by samchapman

Regular and long-established readers will be glad to hear of the return to these pages of Lancashire Labour Candidate Clive Grunshaw, who I have previously christened 'the gift that keep on giving', and this turns out to be an ironic … Continue reading →

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A Very British Coup?

Posted on 09/07/2012 by samchapman

Some countries round the world are run by their armed forces, and the more generous of these sometimes retreat to the background when they think the civvies can take the blame for a bit. As I have gathered together the … Continue reading →

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A Very British Coup?

Posted on 09/07/2012 by samchapman

Some countries round the world are run by their armed forces, and the more generous of these sometimes retreat to the background when they think the civvies can take the blame for a bit. As I have gathered together the … Continue reading →

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Tory PCC Selection Round-Up

Posted on 02/07/2012 by samchapman

Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner selections are underway, and there are a few yet to be done, but some results have come in that we may have highlighted on Twitter, but not on the site, so here goes:- (we covered … Continue reading →

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Labour Day

Posted on 18/06/2012 by samchapman

The results of the Labour selection process are here, but could be removed at any point, lack commentary and, in the party’s ongoing obsession with regions, are not in nice alphabetical order – so my version below is better! By … Continue reading →

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Last day for Labour selection

Posted on 14/06/2012 by samchapman

The Labour Party have encountered two extremes in their candidate selection process for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections:- 1) not having enough candidates to choose from by the time it gets to the shortlist. Shortlists of one have abounded, … Continue reading →

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Like Buses

Posted on 26/05/2012 by samchapman

No official Conservative Candidates for ages, then three all at once:- Warwickshire – Fraser Pithie was chosen on Friday as the first official Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner Candidate in the country. He is a Director at UtoU, having had … Continue reading →

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What is it like to be a Labour PCC hopeful?

Posted on 25/04/2012 by samchapman

Obviously, I am not the first person one would think of to answer this question. I am not a Labour candidate and, even if I believed in a multiverse with an infinity of worlds only slightly different from our own, … Continue reading →

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Cock-up or Conspiracy?

Posted on 21/03/2012 by samchapman

Remember how a few days ago we considered the case of Labour’s unexpectedly early choice of Tony Lloyd MP as PCC candidate, and wondered as to the implications of comments on Michael Crick’s blog about a rival candidate being tempted … Continue reading →

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What are Labour Candidates thinking?

Posted on 14/03/2012 by samchapman

Well, this question is tougher for me to answer, as it requires more personal mental gymnastics than the question about their Conservative counterparts, but the main options at the minute appear to be:- 1) “Yey, I’ve made it on to … Continue reading →

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