So we shouldn't be surprised by the same old Tories attacking public service workers . This time it's our members, Police Community Support Officers (PCSO's).
In his conference speech today David Cameron said,
"I think over these last 10 years we have seen responsibility sucked away from people, sucked away from our public servants and taken away from our public services.
And it ended with that extraordinary farce of two community support officers standing by a lake after a boy had drowned, feeling that because the rule book said they couldn't intervene, they shouldn't. Well, we've got to start tearing up the rule books and allowing people common sense, initiative, and responsibility in the jobs that they do." (Epolitix, http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/200710/9c68fe59-596b-433e-ba42-5f4e42cd7a47.htm)
Yes Dave, that would be the PCSO's who attended the scene when the boy was already out of sight under the water in a quarry. If a PCSO had gone in and drowned himself then it may have been a more heroic story but i doubt that would have been much comfort for the family left behind.
So Dave, when you insult our members don't be surprised if we do all we can to condemn you and your party to perpetual opposition.
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Good post James.
This was a disgraceful attack on the integrity of dedicated police officers who did their duty.
for the facts rather than the cameron spin see:
http://fairdealphil.blogspot.com/2007/10/camerons-disgraceful-attack-on-police.html#links
Some people have said I'm nit-picking at his speech by attacking him on the PCSO comments. But that's the thing with Cameron, the big words sound good, but it's always the little things that let him down and remind us all who he really is.
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