Well they are done
The momentous change in policing history turned out to be no big deal or so some would have us believe.
For me I voted and I voted despite being very much against what is a completely unnecessary experiment which, for the most part, has returned politicians in places they simply shouldn't be in, at a cost which, if the monies have been given to the Police, could have been far better utilised.
Those who choose not to or worse got bothered enough to go out but spoiled their ballot paper, when they got to the polling station, in some deluded act of protest did not achieve their goal because like it or not PCC's are in.
I voted and thankfully got the candidate I wanted and while he is a politician, which sends a shiver down my spine, he's a politician who isn't the politician that could have got in, so I can sit semi smugly with that knowledge.
Smugness aside the whole episode has left me with some very real concerns from Dave's sheer arrogance of believing that they were needed and his idiotic view now that the media were to blame for the extremely poor turn out, to the self congratulations of my own party who are applauding itself for failure.
Labour can in no way be smug on the turn out because people had the opportunity to vote for 'us' and few took it.
There has got to also be a review of what made people vote. Was it just party loyalties or were victims crying out? Like wise was turn out, apart from the 'clever protesters' poor because people believed that voting would not improve things for them, with the latter I saw at first hand being the excuse - which is such an inappropriate word on this occasion - for some not to give their vote to anyone, despite being victims of crime.
Have we really got a system in place that nobody wants (including myself) or has Dave and his Tory friends (Limp Dems as they prefer) created a system which victims won’t engage in because they believe their voice won’t be heard?
Those elected have to be congratulated but as a cynical observer who has frequently witnessed failure, largely encouraged by the political elite, the Politicians, in particular, have to be monitored very closely to see if their focus is on ALL victims of crime and improvement of the FULL areas they now control and their priorities are not just aimed at the areas they achieved a voting victory in to ensure they are elected again.
