Nick Clarke

Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has started sabre-rattling over Brexit. If we leave, we will face “consequences”, he says. We will be “treated as a third country”. (But I thought that was the whole point?). We will be regarded as “deserters”, and “not treated with kid gloves”. It is quite revealing how far away Juncker is … Continue reading →

Hundreds of thousands of homes in towns and cities are at risk of being left in the internet slow lane because of European Union state aid rules. Ministers are hoping to have rolled out superfast internet at speeds of 24Megabits per second to 95 per cent of the UK by the end of next year. … Continue reading →

This has just appeared on the Police Federation website: The high-stress nature of the job is driving several police officers to consider suicide, says the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW).   Its Welfare Support Programme (WSP), set up by thePolice Firearms Officers Association (PFOA) and PFEW, has seen the number of ‘vulnerable and at risk’ officers … Continue reading →

Question 20 What do you think your biggest challenge is going to be? Trying to improve the impact on peoples lives against a background or reducing finances. Getting the police to adopt a more flexible approach so that relationships can be built with other organisations.

Question 19 There are very few women or people from minority ethnic groups standing as PCC candidates and even fewer are likely to be elected.  How do you think this stark underrepresentation might be addressed? This role suffers in the same way that local councils do. I don’t pretend to understand why it has been … Continue reading →

Question 18  What do you think the shortcomings of the PCCs legislation are in respect of the twin aspects of scrutiny and governance?  What would you suggest to the Home Secretary that might improve those aspects? It is clear that the benefits of having a single person accountable for the police has been outweighed by … Continue reading →

Question 17  How do you intend to raise awareness of the police and crime commissioner’s role and the related accountability framework? I have been very disappointed with the current PCC for Cambridgeshire who has been invisible. If the post is to be effective then it needs to be relevant to  the community and seen by … Continue reading →

Question 16  Where does your funding come from? I am funding my campaign myself. If anyone would like to chip in I will be very grateful 🙂