Jamesey1981 Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) All of our candidates had the same spiel on their website, tough on crime, tough on drug use etc, apart from the labour candidate, their entire speech was that they deserved the vote to keep the conservatives out, then they were begging for second choice votes because they came second last time, not a mention of whether they actually plan to do anything at all if elected other than not being a conservative. Pathetic. They lost, (I say lost, but that's on the basis that we have a pretty much two party system now, they weren't last, but they didn't win), and weren't that far in front of ukip, ukip were closer to labour than labour were to the conservatives, even if labour and ukip had pooled their votes they still wouldn't have come close to winning, labour really needs to think of some actual policies besides "We're not the filthy tories, pat us on the back for it" if they don't want to disappear into obscurity. Edited May 7, 2016 by Jamesey1981 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 The con candidate beat the ukip guy in a run off. Usual old statements. I think that The ukip guy wanted to send armed police down and give it to the illegals on the beaches. A bit Churchillian. " we shall fight them on the beaches and the landing grounds, we shall never surrender ". It's a pity that Dave doesn't take a leaf out of this guy's book. Still nothing changes. We need a Donald trump type to stir up the masses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Reading some of these comments indicates that the candidates for the jobs don't actually understand the role. Some seem to think that they can change aspects of the police that are controlled by the government or shaped by legislation, criminal laws, employment laws, etc. At the end of the day the role of Commissioner is largely a figurehead and their powers are far less than most people understand them to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 😟😟😟😟 Post tortoises the lot of them 😟😟 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 A pointless role will Purley attract a in it for him/herself money greedy ****, who will have an expenses claim double the annual salery of the job.Who will lie through their back teeth to get that position.Regardless of what they say now, they will not give a stuff about the shooting community.And as said prevent to force fine someone for not deciding to vote is stupid,is their no freedom of choice? If so why is the shooting community up in as about compulsory medical checks on renewals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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