Hello
and thank you to Chris Cooke for inviting me.
May
I start of by welcoming Tony Armstrong as the latest Police and Crime
Commissioner candidate. Better late than never, Mr Armstrong.
Out
of 1.5 million residents in Sussex, I've said all along, God help us
if this is all we've got and its good to see someone else step up to
the plate and be counted.
But
don't be fooled. Anyone could do this job. In this room alone I
reckon all of us could do the job just as well as any of us here. As
far as i'm concerned, you only need THREE i'S to do the job. We've
all got two i's but its the third thats the most important.
INTEGRITY
– INTELLIGENCE – INDEPENDENCE.
I'm
the first to admit I was 15 years old when I just read a novel from
cover to cover. Until then I spent my head between the covers of the
2000ad comic.
But
this is where I got my INTEGRITY. Where I got the moral fibre to do
the job. I've got the spirit of Judge Dredd pumping through my heart
and I believe no one should be above the LAW.
INTELLIGENCE,
I once took an IQ test on a iphone application and scored 143. I
checked the results and to my surprise saw I'm a genius. Even I've
got to admit the iphone application was seriously flawed!!!
INDEPENDENCE
is a must. This whole idea of Police and Crime Commissioners was
created in the spirit of independence. One of the biggest complaint
of these elections is the politicization. We need free thinking
Commissioners who follow their own instincts rather than the party
line.
My
big plan for policing in Sussex is for the community to take charge
of low-level crime in their neighbourhoods, freeing the police to
concentrate on serious crime, ensuring quick, effective and efficient
response and convictions.
Everything
you want to know can be found in my Crime Plan, free to Download from
my www.sosparty.co.uk
website.
I
am serious about combating corruption, bad practice and incompetence
in Sussex Police. I want to weed out the bad police officers and
attract the good. I want to see a clean police force, a tolerant
police force and the best police force.
And
now for my big announcement: I've been on the campaign trail since
April and the big message I've heard is that Sussex is a Conservative
heart-land. Regardless of who the Conservative candidate is, they'll
win this election hands down.
Its
with this is mind that I'd be a fool to throw my £5,000 deposit down
the drain. But I'm not going to allow stupid bureaucracy stand in the
way of my perfect job.
You
won't see my name on the ballot paper. I'm introducing a new concept
in politics called GUERILLA DEMOCRACY.
If
you want to vote for me, all you'll have to do is spoil your ballot
papers by writing SOS on it. All spoilt ballot papers are counted and
if by a miracle there are more spoilt papers than any other, they can
sort through them and count how many with SOS on them.
So,
if you want a clean police force, if you want a tolerant police force
and if you want the best police force, VOTE FOR ME TO BE YOUR SUSSEX
POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER...
THE RACE TO BE SUSSEX POLICE AND CRIME
COMMISSIONER
Having
met KATY BOURNE, GODFREY DANIEL and IAN CHISNALL during four Hustings
events organised by the Sussex Association of Local Councils, I feel
qualified to deliver my expert opinion on each of them, exploring
their suitability for the top job.
So,
lets start with the delightful, KATY BOURNE.
God
forbid she gets the job. As I said publicly in the Hustings at Battle
in Sussex.
“I
would be so disappointed if Mrs Bourne wins Sussex Police and Crime
Commissioner election.
Its
got nothing to do with her personally. She's a wonderful woman,
successful in business and a loving mother.
What
upsets me is that without the Conservative political machine behind
her, Mrs Bourne is actually less qualified to do the job than I am.
We
are both passionate about politics. We are both successful in
business. She may be older, but we can both recount stories of
sitting on our parent's knee, getting political lessons which have
moulded our political thinking until today.
But...
Whatever she can DO, I can EQUAL and do BETTER.
This
election should be about competence not political party backing.
It
should be about the three i's, Integrity, Intelligence and
Independence.
I
hate to think that the Sussex voters are brain-washed sheep. But it
seems as though they will blindly vote for a Conservative candidate
regardless of the candidate's competence to do the job.
It's
as if they've forgotten why they vote Tory in the first place, they
just do....
So
if Mrs Bourne is voted PCC, it'll be a disgusting perversion of
democracy in Sussex.”
I
get the impression its all about POWER for Mrs Bourne. She doesn't
care what the role is, whether its as a Member of Parliament or as
Police and Crime Commissioner. The idea of being a woman in power is
all the motivation she needs to carry on.
I'd
feel sorry for any Chief Constable who's unfortunate enough to be
landed with her. In her own words she says she'll be in his office
asking 'Why?' Why hasn't crime fallen? Why hasn't this or that been
done? Why Chief Constable, why?
I
for one hate that approach. I'd rather ask, how I can help?
I'm
not the only one who feels the same way. An ex-barrister called
Duncan Roy (Scrapper Duncan) interviewed her for his blog
and he feels the same way as I do. Namely to spoil your ballot paper,
rather than vote for her.
But
before you do so, lets move onto GODFREY DANIEL.
Again
please read Scrapper
Duncan's interview for a more in-depth analysis. But from my own
experience, I just see an old man trying to recapture past
glories.
He's
on the Sussex Police Authority, the very same organisation which the
Police and Crime Commissioner office is being brought in to replace.
He's been a Hasting councillor and a magistrate.
To
illustrate his unsuitability, I want to bring to your attention a
news story from the Bognor
Regis Observer.
As
it reports; Godfrey visited Bognor to discuss the problem of street
drinking. And here is a response posted in the comment's section, by
a commentator called 'Kingzog.'
“As
a Labour councillor in Hastings over the past 20 years or so, Mr
Daniel has made such a good job of controlling street drinking that
we now have a large contingent of junkies and alcoholics in the
centre of St. Leonard's openly drinking and drug dealing. Very rarely
do we see any patrolling police and rarely do we see clean
pavements.”
“Really”,
I thought, and as I said to his face during a Hustings at Arundel,
“How do you expect to deal with Sussex Police and when can't even
deal with street drinkers in Hasting?”
Mr
Daniel boasts of his talent for town planning. He says he likes
'Rules' and believes he's got the character to be a fair and
competent Commissioner. But I don't think so....
God
help any of the poor souls who found themselves before him in his
capacity as Magistrate. He's one of those guys who will enforce a
rule whether he believes in the rule or not.
Like
Katy Bourne claiming a right to be Police and Crime Commissioner
because of her business skills, Godfrey Daniel is claiming a right to
be Police and Crime Commissioner because he's a good town planner.
Both are kidding themselves if they think they'll make good Police
and Crime Commissioners.
Which
brings us nicely onto IAN CHISNALL.
As
a Street Pastor, he does a fantastic job caring for the less
fortunate in society. He feeds the hungry and warms the cold. He
clothes the naked and heals the sick. He wears sandals and prays. In
another time and in another place, a crown of thorns would have been
placed on his head...
I'm
sure his voice will always be heard in Sussex Police and his
contribution to the under-belly of Brighton's street-life is massive
and commendable.
Its
a shame he denies any corruption in Sussex Police and it's a shame he
has connections with Common Purpose.
I'd
otherwise consider voting for him.
As
a conspiracy theorist and proud of it, anyone with a connection with
Common Purpose rings alarm bells.
Common
Purpose is a 'not-for-profit charitable organisation' which claims to
train the leaders of tomorrow. While others claim its a fraudulent
‘educational charity’ acting as a change agent being used to
recruit and train the commissars and apparatchiks needed to implement
the British government’s hidden New World Order communitarian
agenda.
In
my expert opinion, Ian Chisnall should keep to tending to his flock
and leave the running of Sussex Police to someone with more
Integrity, Intelligence and Independence.
So,
in light of having sat on the same platform as all the prospective
Sussex Police and Crime Commissioners, I've come to the same
conclusion as Scrapper
Duncan.
There
is only one thing to do: SPOIL YOUR BALLOT PAPERS.
And
I'd like to go further and recommend you write S.O.S across it.
After
all, all spoilt ballot papers are counted. And any with S.O.S written
on it will naturally indicate a vote for the SOS Party.
But
wait..........BREAKING NEWS.
On
Friday 12 October, there is a public meeting
where Nigel Farage will be speaking and Tony Armstrong will be
introduced as the official UKIP candidate.
Congratulations
Tony Armstrong, (who I've met on one occasion.) I look forward to
researching him further and giving you, my expert opinion.
But
until then Folks? Sussex Needs You....
Out
of 1.5 million residents, it seems only a few have stepped to the
plate to be counted.
