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Originally Posted by Damien
This election is already annoying. Have you see the tory posters? they are some of the most simplstic and stupid comments ever. Comments like 'Really, how hard is it to keep a hospital clean?" and "If you put more police on the street they will catch more criminals. its not rocket science is it?" make both issue seems black and white. MRSA is a difficult bug to kill as it is immune to a lot of cleaners and most criminals dont commit crimes near a police man.
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There's a hospital in Essex which is MRSA free because the managment concentrated on getting staff to wash their hands and the cleaners do proper jobs.
They've saved money because of it through patients actually recovering faster through the reduction in all post surgury infections, not just MRSA.
If there were more police on the streets rather than stuck behind mobile speed cameras or in the police station spending the majority of their time filling out forms, then they'd be more likely to be close by when a crime takes place rather than taking an hour to respond to a 999 call because a convicted murderer is pulling down your fence and threatening your life (speaking from personal experience here)
So I have no problem with those posters, after all, what they say is true, just wish labour could understand that rather than spending its time coming up with putting the faces of two Jews on pigs (unrepentantly too!)... some attempt to get the BNP vote perhaps?
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Originally Posted by Graham
I didn't say they would have say in sentencing but they could, as you yourself pointed out, influence Police priorities based on "what the people want" (translation: what's most likely to get them re-elected).
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What would you prefer?
A police force that spends a large chunk of its time targeting motorists in non-accident black spots such as a straight bit of motorway, while doing bugger all about the gangs of kids going down the street smashing windows, scratching cars (even torching them)
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A police force which has been directed to target dangerous drivers and also tackle the trouble making kids?
Now if the commissioner in elected and doesn't do as his manefesto stated, then at least he can be vote out, can the same be done with current police authorities?