>Police leaders have accused Priti Patel of a “power grab” that would allow the home secretary to intervene in local law enforcement matters and silence chiefs who want to speak out on issues deemed politically sensitive.
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>An extraordinary row has broken out behind the scenes, with police bosses accusing Patel of trying to obtain new powers without parliamentary approval.
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>The vehement backlash from chief constables and police and crime commissioners (PCCs) comes after an attempt by the government to redraft a written protocol that tries to define where the responsibility lies in policing.
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>Parts of the plan have been labelled “profoundly dangerous” anda “power grab threatening operational independence” by one chief constable. Police and crime commissioners, in a private response, described some of the government proposals as “ultra vires”, meaning going beyond the home secretary’s legal authority.
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>The government handed powers over local policing to PCCs as part of its localism agenda a decade ago. But one government proposal makes it easier for the home secretary to intervene in such matters, while another increases the pressure on chiefs and PCCs to answer to the home secretary.
So desperate to be next PM it may as well be tattooed on her forehead. Always dutifully towing the line whatever repugnant shit she’s been charged with executing (the latest being sending refugees to Rwanda knowing they’ll no doubt be abuses that come out later on, but who cares, they’re “lesser people”).
I remember her little smirks during the COVID briefings.. breathing in the power & attention (despite not being able to read out basic numbers), like she was mentally masturbating about her future position in the history books as the “first PM of colour”, I guess (i.e. wanting to carve out some lasting **wholly personal legacy**, than actually wanting to do some good for those less well off).
Those who are desperate to seek power should not have it. Certainly not this nasty, bullying bitch.
Does this country have an oppression fetish or something?
It must be nice wanting to smash everything, because you can distract from what a mess you’ve made of energy or the economy or foreign policy or state finances or energy or the housing market or employment or education or the nhs by announcing your plan to smash our (already very weak) civil liberties…
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>Police leaders have accused Priti Patel of a “power grab” that would allow the home secretary to intervene in local law enforcement matters and silence chiefs who want to speak out on issues deemed politically sensitive.
>
>An extraordinary row has broken out behind the scenes, with police bosses accusing Patel of trying to obtain new powers without parliamentary approval.
>
>The vehement backlash from chief constables and police and crime commissioners (PCCs) comes after an attempt by the government to redraft a written protocol that tries to define where the responsibility lies in policing.
>
>Parts of the plan have been labelled “profoundly dangerous” anda “power grab threatening operational independence” by one chief constable. Police and crime commissioners, in a private response, described some of the government proposals as “ultra vires”, meaning going beyond the home secretary’s legal authority.
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>The government handed powers over local policing to PCCs as part of its localism agenda a decade ago. But one government proposal makes it easier for the home secretary to intervene in such matters, while another increases the pressure on chiefs and PCCs to answer to the home secretary.
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Tomorrows headline: Pritl Patal Takes LOFTY LOUSY LEFTY Police Chiefs’ Powers
So desperate to be next PM it may as well be tattooed on her forehead. Always dutifully towing the line whatever repugnant shit she’s been charged with executing (the latest being sending refugees to Rwanda knowing they’ll no doubt be abuses that come out later on, but who cares, they’re “lesser people”).
I remember her little smirks during the COVID briefings.. breathing in the power & attention (despite not being able to read out basic numbers), like she was mentally masturbating about her future position in the history books as the “first PM of colour”, I guess (i.e. wanting to carve out some lasting **wholly personal legacy**, than actually wanting to do some good for those less well off).
Those who are desperate to seek power should not have it. Certainly not this nasty, bullying bitch.
Does this country have an oppression fetish or something?
It must be nice wanting to smash everything, because you can distract from what a mess you’ve made of energy or the economy or foreign policy or state finances or energy or the housing market or employment or education or the nhs by announcing your plan to smash our (already very weak) civil liberties…