The cost of the recent Police and Crime
Commissioner Elections was reputedly and reported to be £100
million, this wasn't just a waste of money, in times of austerity,
which is what our leaders tell us these days are, it was economic
negligence, and something the people didn't want to take part in, as
only 14% of them actually turned out to vote, at one polling station
no-one turned up.
I didn't know who was standing in my
area, until a few days before polling took place, not that I really
wanted to know, because like I said in a previous post, having these
commissioners is another step closer to a legitimised police state in
Britain. The question that should have been asked of the people was
do you want an elected Police and Crime Commissioner? and then tell
the people just how much it would cost in order to have one! Don't
reckon many people would have thought it was a good idea, because the
money could have been spent elsewhere.
Yes the public are unhappy about the
Police and crime, for example; with the number of 'bobbies on the
beat' Why have the numbers of police on the streets dropped? Because
of all the economic cut backs! and the powers that we let be thought
it would be a good idea to spend a fortune on a campaign to elect
someone to act on behalf of the public in holding the police to
account. Why?
Because the state had to impose the
idea of the public electing these commissioners in order to make the
link between the politicians and the police a legitimate and
democratic one.
Despite such a low turnout, those that
have been elected as Police and Crime Commissioners will have a
mandate to make decisions, yet the government is campaigning to make
it illegal for strikes to take place if less than 50% of Union
members vote in the ballot to take strike action. Now that's fucking
democracy for you! One rule for them and one rule for us!!
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