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Re: June 8th General Election
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Originally Posted by ianch99
I am not sure how this will impact the GE: on one hand, you could argue that the 20% cut in Police funding since 2010 was a mistake in these times of Islamic Terrorism together with the attacks that were not prevented and so the Tories could be impacted or you could argue that Corbyn et. al. are less trustworthy on matter of National Security and so Labour will be disproportionately hit.
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Just to balance the statement on 20% frontline police cuts, the anti-terrorism funding was increased by 30% - it's important to view things in the round, not just on one thing.
In actual fact, it was 13% reduction in police numbers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40060677
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Last edited by Hugh; 04-06-2017 at 10:56.
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