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Too many police forces dedicate precious hours to virtue-signalling and not chasing proper criminals
Isn’t the problem, as ever, weak leadership and dubious priorities?
Plodding plod
THE depressing delays in police responses to burglaries are, incredibly, an improvement on where we once were.
Many victims used not to see a cop at all, until police chiefs were finally pressurised in 2022 into agreeing every break-in MUST be probed in person.
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Even so many of the callout times are shocking and getting worse.
Nine hours on average, when the target is one.
How can Northamptonshire’s officers take a staggering 28 hours to show up — when neighbouring Bedfordshire’s are on the scene in 15 minutes? That disparity is absurd and scandalous.
So is the national clear-up rate, with only a quarter of burglaries eversolved.
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The opposition parties of course blame “Tory cuts”.
But if Bedfordshire can do it, why can’t others?
Isn’t the problem, as ever, weak leadership and dubious priorities?
Too many forces dedicate precious hours to virtue-signalling their inclusivity on Twitter and tackling online “hate” — but woefully little to harder graft.
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Like chasing proper criminals who violate people’s homes and lives.
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Rights panic
THE hyperventilating halfwits who thought Britain would implode into medieval anarchy outside the EU now believe the same about us potentially leaving the ECHR.
Labour, the Lib Dems and others incurably nostalgic for the pre-Brexit era have convinced themselves that human rights exist solely because a European court enforces them.
How do they explain the excellent records of countless major nations across the world which have never been subject to Strasbourg’s edicts?
Is it just possible that, like Britain, they don’t need orders from unelected foreign judges to remain civilised?
Rwanda understands this.
It is not remotely bothered if Britain exits the ECHR.
Its deal to take illegal migrants from us would carry on regardless.
For all the Left’s tedious paranoia about rising “fascism”, Britain would retain an exemplary human rights record . . . yes, all on our own.
Except at last we could deport foreign criminals, or economic migrants arriving illegally, without each case being stymied for years by the left-wing legal mob.
Royal rebound
THE positive news about the King is a much-needed lift.
Two months after his cancer diagnosis, his treatment is going well and, typically, Charles is “raring to go”.
An important if tough trip to Australia and New Zealand is pencilled in for October and will go ahead if all is well.
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Aides stress Charles will be careful not to overdo it.
But it will be absolutely bonza to have you back, Your Majesty
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