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Ex-police officers who are standing for Parliament on May 6.

Barnsley Bill | 02.05.2010 08:00 | World

The current issue of Police Review has an article on the ex-police officers who are standing for Parliament on May 6.



A total of seven retired policemen are listed. They are:

Bill Brereton - former Deputy Chief Constable, North Wales Police
(Lib Dems, Delyn, N Wales)
Nick Colbourne - ex North Wales Police
(Labour, Montgomeryshire)
Byron Davies - ex Met and National Crime Squad
(Conservative, Gower)
Phil Edwards - Constable, North Wales Police
(Plaid Cymru, Aberconwy)
Barney Fitzpatrick - Regional Commander, RUC
(Alliance Party, Derry East)
Charles Hill - former Detective Chief Inspector, Met
(Independent, Richmond Park)
Dylan Rees - District Inspector, N Wales Police
(Plaid Cymru, Ynys Mon)

Oddly the article fails to mention the party that appears to have the highest number of former police officers standing in this election - the fascist British National Party. Consider this list:

Michael Barnbrook - former Inspector, Metropolitan Police
(BNP, Dagenham & Rainham)
Michael Green - ex-CID, South Wales Police
(BNP, Neath)
Mike Simpkins - ex RAF Police
(BNP, Chippenham)

Indeed the above list should actually have been four strong, but John Pugh, the BNP's parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Yardley dropped dead in March. Clearly a career spent eating donuts and shifts sitting around West Midlands police stations does nothing to assist a long retirement! We could perhaps also add Neil Jackson, standing for the fascists in Bexhill & Battle - who is a former member of the Met's civilian staff.

So - poor research at Police Review? Or a dark little secret they want to keep quiet?

Barnsley Bill

Additions

Another one

02.05.2010 08:28

You forgot:

George Lee ( Conservative Party ) - former chief inspector met police -- standing for Holborn & St Pancras

Camden Anarchists


Source The Article Mate!

02.05.2010 12:16

It might be good manners for Barnsley Bill to source the person who actually wrote the above artcle, Anarchist blogger Paul Stott:

 http://paulstott.typepad.com/i_intend_to_escape_and_co/2010/05/what-do-excops-do-when-they-retire-stand-for-parliament-as-bnp-candidates.html

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Scum

02.05.2010 08:32

I think most people, even the law-abiding, find police a bit creepy and wouldn't vote for them.

It's very telling that the BNP has the most ex-cops - shows their authoritarian mindset.

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If you don't like them

02.05.2010 09:02

Don't vote for them.

So what?


You forgot Enfield candidate Andrew Charalambous

04.05.2010 19:04

Not an ex police officer but, according to his Wikipedia page, "He is a serving Special Constable since 1995, of the City of London Special Constabulary Detachment of the Honourable Artillery Company."

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Charalambous#Honourable_Artillery_Company_and_City_of_London_Police

Melissa


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