Police and Crime Commissioner elections - Page 3

Margaret Pilkington · 24-10-2012, 13:42

You cannot stand for this office if you have ever been convicted of a crime......Simon Weston, (the falklands hero) was disbarred from standing because of something that he did in his teens.

Retlaw · 24-10-2012, 14:16

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I have only had the voting cards, but nothing at all from the candidates.......and with something like 3 weeks (or just a little over) that doesn't give much time to look at what they stand for.

Afzal Anwar - Liberal Democrats
Tim Ashton - Conservative
Robert Drobny - UK Independent Party
Clive Grunshaw - Labour
With nomiations now closed, the above is a list of candidates.
and the following link gives a very small potted history about each of them.
BBC News - Lancashire police and crime commissioner candidates

Impressive, it isn't.
This is just another layer of unwarranted bureaucracy....a ploy to let the public think they will have some control over the policing in their own little patch.
I know I am a cynical burger, but why do these men have to have a political affiliation?
Will their political affiliation appeal to the electors? Will it affect their stance on how the police do their job?
Personally I doubt that they will have any effect, other than that of draining the pot of money, for what should be spent on 'feet on the street'.

Cynicism about voting for this, and whether the position it wanted or not will make No. 1 on the list into a good bet by a large majority. Then what will happen, more power to the coloured brotherhood. Vote for any of the other three or suffer for it.

Pauline01UK · 15-11-2012, 15:29

I've never heard who's standing or what it is they would, could or even couldn't do, they don't care about my opinion so why should I care about them!

Why can't they earn their job like all other people do??

Guinness · 15-11-2012, 18:14

Just read on twitter of a guy who's been working in a W.Yorks polling station for 8 hours...26 people have been in to vote. 1.5% turnout, wonder how many bad guys could have been caught using the money thats paid for this nonsense?

Speaking of twitter our Graham has been his usual arrogant self today, he had a minor spat with some guy from Belthorn and ended the argument with 'I'll be voting sensibly'....if the people of Hyndburn follow that advice at the next General he'll be out of work

pallyman · 15-11-2012, 22:42

was not going to vote,then decided to go and put a spoit vote in,but decided to vote for ukip to get at the main parties as a protest,but still think that this has been a waste of time and money

shillelagh · 15-11-2012, 22:46

i went to vote .. only cos ive never missed voting since i was 18 ... and was told then that if i didnt go and vote it was a wasted chance and i wouldnt be able to complain about who was elected ... anyway i went up to stonefold school about 4.30pm .. and i asked if it had been busy .. he said no .. i was 24th person who went in to vote .... scary .....

Guinness · 16-11-2012, 07:21

BBC News - Wiltshire PCC election: Conservative Angus Macpherson wins

So the first result is in...

Turnout = less than 16%
Of which the eventual winner got 36%

My shaky maths makes him a winner with less than 6% of the constituency voting him in. Which in turn means that 94% didn't vote him in

What this election has basically boiled down to is whoever has the largest extended family has earned a £70k salary. Guess it's one way to beat the scrapping of child benefit for large families

accyman · 16-11-2012, 09:45

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Originally Posted by Guinness

Speaking of twitter our Graham has been his usual arrogant self today, he had a minor spat with some guy from Belthorn and ended the argument with 'I'll be voting sensibly'....if the people of Hyndburn follow that advice at the next General he'll be out of work

please bare in mind that grahams vote is likely to change at the last second regardless of what he says he will do.
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i was going to run for commissioner of the police until i found out that meeting batman was not in the job description

Lucysgirl · 16-11-2012, 10:56

Judging from some of the comments I've read and seen on the TV news broadcasts where turnout has been as low as NIL (!) my polling station might buck the trend. A couple of voters followed me into the station and there were quite a few heading that way when I left. One noticeable thing was that we all had grey hair

churchfcrules · 16-11-2012, 11:32

first time ever i didnt vote! waste of money,time,effort and of a salary, but who knows we could all be proved wrong?

Bob Dobson · 16-11-2012, 12:40

It has been estimated that the election in the 43 force areas cost £75-90M This would pay the salaries of 3,600 PCs.

In my village, 109 voted. Not me.

churchfcrules · 16-11-2012, 13:11

bbc website reported this morning one polling station in doncaster had the massive total of 5 votes

cashman · 16-11-2012, 14:17

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules

bbc website reported this morning one polling station in doncaster had the massive total of 5 votes

So theres only 5 idiots in Donny then.

churchfcrules · 16-11-2012, 14:45

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Originally Posted by cashman

So theres only 5 idiots in Donny then.

When I was a kid mum n dad had friends in Dunsville, when we used to visit I always thought we were going to dunceville lol

Less · 16-11-2012, 15:49

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Originally Posted by churchfcrules

first time ever i didnt vote! waste of money,time,effort and of a salary, but who knows we could all be proved wrong?

Same here, I wonder, was it planned? Surely there should be more of an outcry claiming we just aren't responsible?

Or is this the introduction of the way all elections shall be conducted in future?

Tell 'em nowt then when they complain, it's their own fault?