Car crime victimless? 8 June, 2007

A constituent who I have had dealing with before called me today to tell me that his wife’s car had been broken into outside work again, not so long ago one of her colleges’ cars was burned out. To add insult to injury he lives near a recently closed police station, and since its closure in the last 18 mouths his car has been vandalised three times, including being written off twice.

What can one say to such a man? The police are totally disinterested all they do its give him a crime reference number and say we will look into never to return and his case is not untypical.

Car theft is rated as soft crime by this government, I defy anyone to come and see the havoc car crime has brought onto this family. We need more local and visible policeing to take action not “community support officers”.

Broughton house – Sunday 130-430 pm 8 June, 2007

The Nationally renowned home for ex-servicemen Broughton house is having its annual summer fair/open day the Sunday. Its brilliance is its independence one of the few remaining in the country but come at a financial cost. So please come along and show your support, entry is free so see you there.

Quote of the week 8 June, 2007

Sir Bill Morris former leader of the T&G union I man I have little in common with but much respect for, said yesterday in Parliament “experience will have taught us that you cannot reclassify cannabis, expand the licensing hours for out of hour’s alcohol consumption, expand the numbers of gambling casinos, and then expect crime to fall. That my lords is a policy for an other planet.” One could have been forgiven for forgetting this came from Mr. Blair’s favoured union leader during most of his decade in number 10.

Where our money goes 8 June, 2007

Britain’s net payments to Brussels will double to £6.4bn within four years, according to fresh figures from the Treasury, reflecting the country’s rising affluence and the cost of subsidies to Eastern Europe.The chief underlying cause is a summit deal struck by Tony Blair in December 2005 to slash the UK’s rebate by exempting the new member states, in perpetuity.

The data, uncovered by the think-tank Global Vision, shows that Britain’s average net payments will rise sharply from £3.27bn a year over the last decade to around £6.4bn during the period from 2011 to 2014.”