Labour. Soft on Crime, Soft on the causes of Crime.
Dear reader (sometimes I think I should just e-mail this direct to the Labour councillors who seem to read our Blog avidly - I'd give you an update of their's in return but it's just too dull) you won't be surprised to find my fears were realised. It sometimes surprises me just how petty and small minded our Labour colleagues are. Not all of them mind, there are several who are well worth the time of day it's just their leadership who seem to have stepped off the deep-end of reality.
Here is the transcript of my notes from that meeting:
1) Insufficient alcohol treatment throughout all services offered by LB Camden over last few years.
(I'll put my own comments (and points made by the LibDems, Con's and a Green too!) in bold. Everything else was said by the Labour members present). (Which makes the above statement a little odd. Do you think there's anything else they'd like to get off their chests or are they keeping the real dynamite quiet?)
2) Is Theo deliberately trying to T off the officers present?
3) We are creating chances for councillors to engage in consultation with the electorate.
4) A Labour complaint, from the intellectual genius that is Theo Blackwell, that they were being rushed on the consultation process. Made especially comic by ALL their previous comments (since May) that the Community Safety Review was taking far too long.5) Something intelligent from Cllr Simpson on elderly persons fear of crime and the need for the review to address this with better publicity regarding the measures we have implemented and their effects on levels of crime.
6) A review of ASB (anti-social behaviour) powers has never previously been done. Another exclamation mark is warranted here! That's correct, an ASB review has never previously been done in LB Camden.
7) Camden has NO dedicated drugs squad. Have the Labour Party never realised what Camden is famous for? Aside from Brixton, maybe..., where else in London would the average drug taking punter head towards for the guaranteed partaking of illegal substances? No dedicated drugs squad? Given that the Labour Party have been in control of both LB Camden and Parliament for the last 9 years, one might have thought they'd have brought some pressure to bear on the Metropolitan Police, No?
8) A direct quote from Genius boy Theo " ASBO's are not the answer".
9) It was suggested that the investment we see now would only become apparent in 4 to 5 years time. So the question that has to be asked is what did all that money get spent on 4 to 5 years ago? Did we not have mini-scooters then? Were there no ASB problems in LB Camden 4 to 5 years ago? I'm going to stick my neck out here but I suspect that the money we would've liked to have been spent on public safety measures wasn't.
Maybe it was a part of the 5.5 million pounds the Labour administration was spending on road humps and raised entry points all the way through Camden. Here's a question for you...Would you rather Labour had made the streets flatter, or safer? Answers on a postcard to the usual address.
10) Over the last few years the fear of crime has gone up dramatically amongst our elder citizens. Given the last few points, that's not surprising.
posted by Arthur Graves at 8:43 PM
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