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punky · 22-05-2010, 17:21

I'm sure Special Branch will look after him.

And you can only do so much. Yeah you can give him outriders and he probably won't suffer a vehicle ambush. But he has to be out in the open some time. He can't go everywhere in a Popemobile. If he is that much at risk of a vehicle ambush (a la President Musharraff) then it would mean he'd never be able to go into public again. Dave Cameron may be PM but he still is an MP and needs to run his constiuentcy surgery.

The real issue here is that he is sacrificing a lot of free time for this (few minutes here, few minutes there - adds up over 5 years) for the sake of some police resources. He is saying we all need to make cuts so its a bit hypocritical if he doesn't make any himself. He gave everyone a 5% paycut which is a start but the cost in supplying police officers and vehicles would be quite substantial over 5 years I reckon. Probably run into 6 figures quite easily.

Also plenty of MPs use public transport. They have to engage with the public openly. Even Stephen Timms acknowleged that.

22-05-2010, 17:21	#6
punky Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 45 Posts: 14,750	Re: Cameron walks to walk I'm sure Special Branch will look after him. And you can only do so much. Yeah you can give him outriders and he probably won't suffer a vehicle ambush. But he has to be out in the open some time. He can't go everywhere in a Popemobile. If he is that much at risk of a vehicle ambush (a la President Musharraff) then it would mean he'd never be able to go into public again. Dave Cameron may be PM but he still is an MP and needs to run his constiuentcy surgery. The real issue here is that he is sacrificing a lot of free time for this (few minutes here, few minutes there - adds up over 5 years) for the sake of some police resources. He is saying we all need to make cuts so its a bit hypocritical if he doesn't make any himself. He gave everyone a 5% paycut which is a start but the cost in supplying police officers and vehicles would be quite substantial over 5 years I reckon. Probably run into 6 figures quite easily. Also plenty of MPs use public transport. They have to engage with the public openly. Even Stephen Timms acknowleged that.