Prime Minister is accused of politicising police

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386822/Prime-Minister-David-Cameron-accused-politicising-police-meddling-Madeleine-McCann-investigation.html

"A spokesman denied Mr Cameron was ‘dancing to a media agenda’."

                                    

Downing Street said the Prime Minister had intervened because of the exceptional circumstances of the case. A spokesman denied Mr Cameron was ‘dancing to a media agenda’.
It added that the request to the Met, made via Home Secretary Theresa May, was just that, and not an order.'

'exceptional circumstances' my ****, he was gullible enough to be taken in by Brooks and the McCanns publishing that letter in the Sun. Theresa May just wanted a scope, Cameron over-rode her.

Cameron tries to be all things to all people , his Governance is poor and I doubt he will win the Conservatives the next Election.

Taking a historical perspective, Cameron has done nothing new or shocking.
Politics and policing have always been in the same bed. Whether they should be, in an ideal world, is of course another matter.
They are under the governance of the state, the Home Office, the party in power.
How can the police not be politicised in a political system?
How can they not be used by any powerful PR-driven politician with his/her eye on the main chance?

almostgothic wrote:Taking a historical perspective, Cameron has done nothing new or shocking.
Politics and policing have always been in the same bed. Whether they should be, in an ideal world, is of course another matter.
They are under the governance of the state, the Home Office, the party in power.
How can the police not be politicised in a political system?
How can they not be used by any powerful PR-driven politician with his/her eye on the main chance?

I agree with you and think Blair has been responsible for the deterioration in our legal system to a great extent. His 13 year Governance was corrupt and i hope one day a true account of this will be written. No wonder they call him Teflon Tony.!

Quote from Mail Online:-

Labour last night distanced itself from Lord Harris’s comments. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the party ‘fully backs Kate and Gerry McCann’s request for information in Madeleine’s case to be reviewed’.


I hope there are plenty of choices on the Ballot Paper next year.

whatsupdoc wrote:Quote from Mail Online:-

Labour last night distanced itself from Lord Harris’s comments. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the party ‘fully backs Kate and Gerry McCann’s request for information in Madeleine’s case to be reviewed’.


I hope there are plenty of choices on the Ballot Paper next year.

I was just thinking...I'm happy I don't have to vote in UK. There is nobody to vote for..   

Panda wrote:Downing Street said the Prime Minister had intervened because of the exceptional circumstances of the case. A spokesman denied Mr Cameron was ‘dancing to a media agenda’.
It added that the request to the Met, made via Home Secretary Theresa May, was just that, and not an order.'

'exceptional circumstances' my ****, he was gullible enough to be taken in by Brooks and the McCanns publishing that letter in the Sun. Theresa May just wanted a scope, Cameron over-rode her.

Cameron tries to be all things to all people , his Governance is poor and I doubt he will win the Conservatives the next Election.

Yep   

This article is from 2011!

Iris wrote:This article is from 2011!

Oh..soooorrryyyyy......but never the less, nothing has changed. Cameron thought it was a look idea to be played by Brooks.

weissnicht wrote:

Iris wrote:This article is from 2011!

Oh..soooorrryyyyy......but never the less, nothing has changed. Cameron thought it was a look idea to be played by Brooks.

Exactly Weiss, if anything it makes it worse!   

At the moment where i live, there are local Elections going on. Gone are the days when the Candidate knocked your door to speak to you about his aims. Today , it is leaflets through the Letterbox........will the General Election be the same???

almostgothic wrote:Taking a historical perspective, Cameron has done nothing new or shocking.
Politics and policing have always been in the same bed. Whether they should be, in an ideal world, is of course another matter.
They are under the governance of the state, the Home Office, the party in power.
How can the police not be politicised in a political system?
How can they not be used by any powerful PR-driven politician with his/her eye on the main chance?

I think the press are more using the PR driven politician, than the other way.

Cameron has so little to gain by being involved with this however it turns out - the press, that's another matter.

It was the press who pressed him to reopen this investigation threatening to put his name on the front pages if he refused - with the letter to Home Secretary or whatever it was. The press is making millions from this - and many many readers who can then be picking up the paper to also read the coverage and editorials on the politicians, giving them even more power.

Remember, It was the Sun wot won it!

MM story gives them power over the pols and the polls.

I think Cameron would love to run from this and handing it off to the Met is one way to do that; now it's not him who hasn't stepped up, it's the Met who failed.

So much to be won or lost with the party in power, a story that gets readership and captures hearts and minds of the readers isn't far away when it comes to leading them down any other path they wish to tread. All of which are more important than how this one story pans out.

All good for McCanns as long as they keep madeleine's tale in the papers 0 if they are innocent I suppose they believe people will continue to look for her rather than simply feasting like vultures on the stories that agree with their own beliefs - the EU is a bad idea, xenophobia is warranted as foreigners are scary, etc. if McCanns are found wanting in the innocence dept the media still get all the goodies - it's a win/win for them.