Three thoughts about Police and Crime Commissioner elections…

You can’t politicise the police any more than they have politicised themselves Every time the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Police Federation or someone like Lord Blair complains about the “politicisation” of the police, the Baby Jesus cries. The police have always been political, and over the last decade have become quite shameless about… Continue reading Three thoughts about Police and Crime Commissioner elections…

That which does not kill me makes me stronger

Wondering why I haven’t been blogging recently? I’ve been building this: You are reading this because your browser doesn’t support Iframes. Try this link instead. After the nightmare that was Vote Match Europe, this one was comparatively plain sailing (on the launch of the Europe version I was still trying to make it work five… Continue reading That which does not kill me makes me stronger

Electoral reform and Parliament

At some point I need to write a comprehensive blog post about where I stand on AV. Today it not the time. But what I will say in response to last night’s vote in Parliament is that I find it appalling that MPs can be so complacent about how we actually count our votes whilst… Continue reading Electoral reform and Parliament