PCC Candidates

[jack]

Next week is the PCC election. I'm not convinced that's a good idea, but if we have one at all, better to have a good one. This time there seems to be less of a broad choice, there are four candidates who are endorsed by parties, even if that was not what was supposed to happen.

https://www.choosemypcc.org.uk/area/cambridgeshire/?postcode=CB

My non-impartial summary follows

Conservative

* "Tough on crime, tough on the causes on crime".
* Moar war on drugs
* Moar police, less back-office expenses

UKIP

* The same, but more so
* Rah police! Down with political correctness!
* Anti-speeding (as was Con), also pro-resources-for-non-emergency-101

Labour

* Some platitudes, more police
* Ex-fireman, ex-Anglia-public-service-lecturer
* Sounds committed to actually going things, in getting involved with communities and bridging them to police

Lib-Dem

* Positive manifesto steps for preventing crime, preventing re-offending, not just being "tough"
* But via friends-of-friends have heard bad things about him personally

To me, Labour guy sounds best, unless anyone has any other rec?

Comments

[pseudomonas]

I'd say whichever of LD and Lab is most likely to have a chance of winning (assuming it's not a pig-in-a-blue-rosette lost cause, in which case meh)

[atreic]

It's South Cambs. The pig is pretty certain (20,000 majority in the general election)

[jack]

Yeah, indeed. I don't think this is going to make any difference. But I think the logic would hold, to support the most popular of the candidates acceptable to you, even if they're going to come second.

[lavendersparkle]

I think the voting system AV so you can pick a first and second preference.

[jack]

I think my first preference is labour and my second preference is none of the above alas.