PCC Candidates
Apr. 28th, 2016 04:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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?
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?