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Steve Hilton Calls On May To Resign.
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The Conservative Party's former chief strategist, Steve Hilton, has called on Theresa May to resign over cuts to police and security services.
This also comes at a time when a former chief inspector for the Met and by the former head of special branch in Belfast have both slammed May's cuts to the services as damaging Britain's security:
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I mean, obviously she isn't going to resign. But do you think it's fair to hold May to task for this failure?
The Conservative Party's former chief strategist, Steve Hilton, has called on Theresa May to resign over cuts to police and security services.
This also comes at a time when a former chief inspector for the Met and by the former head of special branch in Belfast have both slammed May's cuts to the services as damaging Britain's security:
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I mean, obviously she isn't going to resign. But do you think it's fair to hold May to task for this failure?
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somehow I keep reading that these attackers are known to the police, they've been reported by neighbours or fellow Muslims (just as everyone insists they should be) for radicalising kids ... and yet nothing happens. Nonetheless, all May's fanboys insist that this couldn't possibly be anything to do with the Home Secretary, who has what is laughingly...
21:24 Mon 05th Jun 2017
I watched Cressida Dick, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police on CH4 tonight. She was asking for more resources, along with other Police forces in Britain.
It is completely counterintuitive to suggest that Britain is safer now, than in 2010, when it had 20,000 more Police Officers.
May was instrumental, when Home Secretary, in that progress of reducing police numbers.
CH4 produced figures tonight that showed that in all ways, Policing in London, including armed Police reduced over her years as Home Sec.
She must now be asked why she allowed this to happen.
It is completely counterintuitive to suggest that Britain is safer now, than in 2010, when it had 20,000 more Police Officers.
May was instrumental, when Home Secretary, in that progress of reducing police numbers.
CH4 produced figures tonight that showed that in all ways, Policing in London, including armed Police reduced over her years as Home Sec.
She must now be asked why she allowed this to happen.
//hang on kromo so are you now saying that extra plods would have prevented this?//
I don't know, we're not privy to how the security services operate.
Considering that all these people (Westminster, Manchester, and LB bombers) were known by the police, it doesn't strike me as impossible that the resources to monitor them could have stopped them - especially in the case of the Manchester bomb as his bomb was so elaborate and he appears to have been part of a network. I just think it's remarkable that these individuals are suggesting that resources are a serious problem caused by the government and Tory supporters seem intent on ignoring them.
I don't know, we're not privy to how the security services operate.
Considering that all these people (Westminster, Manchester, and LB bombers) were known by the police, it doesn't strike me as impossible that the resources to monitor them could have stopped them - especially in the case of the Manchester bomb as his bomb was so elaborate and he appears to have been part of a network. I just think it's remarkable that these individuals are suggesting that resources are a serious problem caused by the government and Tory supporters seem intent on ignoring them.
TTT....if more Poilce had been on the streets of London, especially armed Police, they might have been able to reduce the toll of deaths and injuries. But Islamic terrorism isn't the only crimes being committed at this time.
The public, of all political persuasions, want to see more visible Policing, not less. May and the Tory Government of the time, savagely reduced police numbers. They were wrong.
I repeat, its plain daft to suggest that Britain is safer from crime, with 20,000 less Police.
The public, of all political persuasions, want to see more visible Policing, not less. May and the Tory Government of the time, savagely reduced police numbers. They were wrong.
I repeat, its plain daft to suggest that Britain is safer from crime, with 20,000 less Police.
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That's true, divebuddy, and I could of course be wrong (it is always tempting to grasp at easy solutions to horrible things). But I do think there needs to be some form of accountability as May has had counter-terrorism squarely in her remit as home sec for the past 7 years and did not heed warnings that her policies could prove dangerous.
TTTI don't know for sure either, and neither do you.
But if some of those 20,000 Police had been employed on surveillance duties, keeping a better eye on known Islam extremists, then they can't have done any harm, can they ?
And when an attack occurs, then more Police are needed, which is the situation we are in today.
Whatever way you look at it, less Police resources doesn't make sense.
Ask the people in Britain, that are trying to go about their normal day-to-day lives, whether they would prefer to see a much beefed up Police presence on our streets, or would they like to see less ? I know what I would say.
But if some of those 20,000 Police had been employed on surveillance duties, keeping a better eye on known Islam extremists, then they can't have done any harm, can they ?
And when an attack occurs, then more Police are needed, which is the situation we are in today.
Whatever way you look at it, less Police resources doesn't make sense.
Ask the people in Britain, that are trying to go about their normal day-to-day lives, whether they would prefer to see a much beefed up Police presence on our streets, or would they like to see less ? I know what I would say.
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