Mike,
Coming back to the Drugs angle, As i said, I have Younger members of my Family that have "lost their way" on Drugs.
They are being openly sold the length & breadth of our Country,
Alan,
I see cameras as a police substitute, some might say they do a valuable job but I doubt the death toll will go down with these cameras on the road. If mr muppet on his Ichifanny 500 wants to race the cat then he'll meet his maker one day.
However, when was the last time you saw a copper on the beat? I have lived here in Macc for 11 years now and in that time I have NEVER seen a copper walking on the beat. And thats saying something as I walk about 5,000 miles a year, drive another 7,000 miles and frequent lots of offices in the town centre. :icon_mad:
The average policeman has no attachment to the area he polices any more, no relationships with the local people so how can they be in touch with who does what?
The way things are heading we will be the most watched country in the world with the worst crime rate in the world (as the images on the cameras are insufficient for evidence) and the politicians will tell us everything is okay.
I watch South West news occasionally, sky channel 987, and they where saying the SW police force has a short fall of some 11 million, so where are they cutting services? yes the bobbies!
Dont get me started on bureaucracy of the force, council, nhs, etc because as a member of the local business community I hear and see stuff that would make you wonder really! the government is up to. I know it makes me wonder!
If your family member is having drugs problems, sorry to hear that.
Me personally I really am thinking of fecking off elsewhere, thats one of the reasons I have changed my business over the past 12 months so its now saleable sould the need arise and I am not the business any more, just a part of it. If labour get back in again at the next election then this country is doomed, despite any gesticulations of the good they will do. However on the flip side, if one of the other parties gets in where still doomed as they'll be trying to bail us out of the mess where currently in.
Anyway enough drunken ranting. I'm off to bed!