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Police commissioner candidates confirmed (From Daily Echo)
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Police commissioner candidates for Hampshire confirmed
8:00am Saturday 20th October 2012 in News
By Matt Smith, Politics and business reporter
Police commissioner candidates confirmed
THE candidates for the new £85,000-a-year role of Police and crime Commissioner for Hampshire have been confirmed.
Five men and one woman will contest the election for the post to set local strategies for reducing crime, set the force budget and hire and fire the chief constable.
The candidates, who have already been campaigning for weeks, have been confirmed as Michael Mates (Tory), Jacqui Rayment (Labour), David Goodall (Lib Dem), Michael West (UKIP), Don Jerrard (The Justice and Anti-Corruption Party) and Simon Hayes (Independent).
The elections will be held on November 15.
Comments(20)
Over the Edge
says...
8:08am Sat 20 Oct 12
Laura85 wrote:Would have had my vote until she lied and tried to cover up for Cllr Williams by signing the letter saying Cllr Morrell resigned due to ill health, when he clearly didn't
Labour all the way.
skin2000
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8:21am Sat 20 Oct 12
Topnova
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8:23am Sat 20 Oct 12
Crazywolf
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8:48am Sat 20 Oct 12
Topnova wrote:totally agree. politicians will never have the needs of the public in mind, only the needs of the party.
Look forward to a good non-political candidate as politics and political interference is what spoils many services e.g. NHS, Education etc. What we want locally and nationally are service oriented non-politically affiliated candidates who can focus on services rather than political policies.
skin2000
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9:01am Sat 20 Oct 12
Crazywolf wrote:Dead right, we need someone who has the interest of the people, not someone who has to toe the party line.
Topnova wrote:totally agree. politicians will never have the needs of the public in mind, only the needs of the party.
Look forward to a good non-political candidate as politics and political interference is what spoils many services e.g. NHS, Education etc. What we want locally and nationally are service oriented non-politically affiliated candidates who can focus on services rather than political policies.
Laura85
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9:24am Sat 20 Oct 12
Over the Edge wrote:Ohh really i didnt know. I dont have any faith in anything to do with the police. They have never been any help when i have needed them.
Laura85 wrote:Would have had my vote until she lied and tried to cover up for Cllr Williams by signing the letter saying Cllr Morrell resigned due to ill health, when he clearly didn't
Labour all the way.
ohec
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9:47am Sat 20 Oct 12
skin2000 wrote:What a total stitch up i thought the whole idea was to have somebody looking out for us the people instead we will be in a miserable third place after themselves then their party and then us if we are lucky. I don't even think i will bother to use my postal vote and if i feel like that what chance have they got of getting people out to vote. Why do they have to be affiliated to any party instead of somebody with honour and integrity and above all morality.
Crazywolf wrote:Dead right, we need someone who has the interest of the people, not someone who has to toe the party line.
Topnova wrote:totally agree. politicians will never have the needs of the public in mind, only the needs of the party.
Look forward to a good non-political candidate as politics and political interference is what spoils many services e.g. NHS, Education etc. What we want locally and nationally are service oriented non-politically affiliated candidates who can focus on services rather than political policies.
good-gosh
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10:11am Sat 20 Oct 12
andysaints007
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10:52am Sat 20 Oct 12
good-gosh wrote:Huh - how do you come up with that analogy?
Those who don’t vote are increasing the values of the votes of those who do. So it’s really daft not to vote. Some think that not voting will be their protest against the system. It's not a protest because nobody will notice - its throwing your vote away. Might as well stick a £50 note down the drain - far more dramatic
mooky9
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11:20am Sat 20 Oct 12
Laura85 wrote:Zzzzzzzzzzzz
Over the Edge wrote:Ohh really i didnt know. I dont have any faith in anything to do with the police. They have never been any help when i have needed them.
Laura85 wrote:Would have had my vote until she lied and tried to cover up for Cllr Williams by signing the letter saying Cllr Morrell resigned due to ill health, when he clearly didn't
Labour all the way.
On the inside
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11:21am Sat 20 Oct 12
By the way you 'they are all the same' simpletons, it is not against the F***ing law to join a political party and have a role in actually shaping policies, or is that too much like hard work.
Huffter
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12:16pm Sat 20 Oct 12
On the inside wrote:When did the "F***ing law" come into force? I can't seem to track it down...
Vote Labour, vote Tory, even vote Lib-Dem if you must, at least they have policies you can test them against. If you vote for single issue nutters or 'Pick me' independents in public life you get nothing. By the way you 'they are all the same' simpletons, it is not against the F***ing law to join a political party and have a role in actually shaping policies, or is that too much like hard work.
Forest Resident
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1:45pm Sat 20 Oct 12
HillsidePaul
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2:11pm Sat 20 Oct 12
Forest Resident wrote:According to what we have been told so far Cllr Rayment co-signed a letter making a statement that Cllr Williams told her was the truth.
Given the honesty and integrity demanded for this position, should Jacqui Rayment be found to be complicit in the Cllr Williams cover up can we expect her to withdraw from the ballot?
A mistake, possibly but certainly not a lie on her part.
lisa whitemore
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2:59pm Sat 20 Oct 12
skin2000 wrote:INDEPENDANT is the only way forward, who in their right minds would want a political member involved to mess our police force up? Especially Labour!
Crazywolf wrote:Dead right, we need someone who has the interest of the people, not someone who has to toe the party line.
Topnova wrote:totally agree. politicians will never have the needs of the public in mind, only the needs of the party.
Look forward to a good non-political candidate as politics and political interference is what spoils many services e.g. NHS, Education etc. What we want locally and nationally are service oriented non-politically affiliated candidates who can focus on services rather than political policies.
lisa whitemore
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3:04pm Sat 20 Oct 12
Laura85 wrote:Laura,although you say you have little faith if you waste your vote then theres a strong chance if we allow politic into our police force it WILL get even worse. Definately worth looking up independant candidates,hope it helps you make your decision,important we all vote for PCC Next month..
Over the Edge wrote:Ohh really i didnt know. I dont have any faith in anything to do with the police. They have never been any help when i have needed them.
Laura85 wrote:Would have had my vote until she lied and tried to cover up for Cllr Williams by signing the letter saying Cllr Morrell resigned due to ill health, when he clearly didn't
Labour all the way.
FoysCornerBoy
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4:56pm Sat 20 Oct 12
I am tempted to vote for the only woman candidate - who hopefully can ensure that this job goes to someone with some practical common sense. She seemed to do a decent enough job as chair of the police authority and is supported by people from right across the spectrum - including many from business and front-line services.
Inform Al
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10:36pm Sat 20 Oct 12
Over the Edge wrote:As it's his word against at least two others you may appear to be prejudiced. Perhaps you would prefer the Tory candidate who supported the Polly Peck offender. At least Jacqui Rayment has been involved with Hampshire policing for some time now and knows the ropes. Personally I would prefer no polital interference with policing at all, as it was first set up by Sir Robert Peel.
Laura85 wrote:Would have had my vote until she lied and tried to cover up for Cllr Williams by signing the letter saying Cllr Morrell resigned due to ill health, when he clearly didn't
Labour all the way.
Hants97
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6:27pm Sun 21 Oct 12
He was Chairman of the Hampshire Police and his website says he's Chairman of Crimestoppers from 2005. Hes done good stuff with drug addicts I konw to help them and get them off crime.
No axe to grind and wants to change things so police are better and we are safer. Met him in Southampton last week. Heis the only candidate interested enough to come to our estate.
Ill vote for him if i can
Laura85 says...
8:05am Sat 20 Oct 12