Policing – For Britain

10 06, 2021

Batley: Policing The By-Election

For Britain Spokesman2021-06-10T10:18:17+01:00Batley, Law and Order, Policing, Spokespeople|

West Yorkshire Police are going to be very much under the spotlight in the forthcoming Batley and Spen by election. Not only is this probably the most contentious by election [...]

17 03, 2021

Policing COVID

For Britain Spokesman2021-06-10T09:07:00+01:00Blogs, Law and Order, News, Policing, Spokespeople|

Policing is in turmoil and it all could have been avoided. Officers are demoralised and are leaving. I am not going to get into the detail of recent events, but [...]

16 02, 2021

Police And Public Relationships

For Britain Spokesman2021-06-10T09:07:00+01:00Blogs, Government, Law and Order, News, Opinion, Policing, Policy, Spokespeople|

Whilst this is a well explored topic these days, I have been prompted to write this by comments passed by a serving police colleague. Apparently one fifth of all calls [...]

31 03, 2020

Policing the Virus

For Britain Spokesman2021-06-10T09:07:00+01:00Blogs, Law and Order, News, Policing, Spokespeople|

By Mike Speakman, Law & Order Spokesman 31st March 2020 From my first day at Police training school in 1968 it was drummed into us that we police with the [...]

13 01, 2020

More Police Force Mergers?

For Britain Spokesman2021-06-10T09:06:59+01:00Blogs, Government, Policing, Policy, Spokespeople|

By Mike Speakman, Policing Spokesman 13th January 2020 There is a new initiative from the Police Chiefs Council to merge police forces. The last decades have seen an increasing centralisation [...]

5 07, 2019

The State of Policing

For Britain Spokesman2021-06-10T08:54:43+01:00News, Policing|

This week has seen a number of events thrust the future of policing back into the spotlight, if it ever left, with the release of the state of policing report...

27 01, 2019

Policing Poetry

For Britain Spokesman2021-06-10T08:54:42+01:00News, Policing|

A docker from Hull likes a tweet which contains a poem about transgender issues. Someone complains to the police. A police officer rings the man’s employer and subsequently has a conversation

26 10, 2018

For Britain’s response to Home Affairs Select Committee Report

[email protected]2019-07-14T15:17:36+01:00Press Releases|

The For Britain Movement agrees with the findings of the Home Affairs Select Committee. This government has been slowly dismantling the police service...

23 08, 2018

‘My day at the historic Durham Miners Gala’ by Jeff Wyatt

For Britain Team2021-06-10T09:02:11+01:00Activities, News, Policing, Rally|

I was delighted to accept the local For Britain branch Chairman Mr Kevin Bracks kind invitation to spend a day experiencing the Durham Miners' Gala. Here's what happened..