Saturday, July 27, 2019

Police Cuts under the Tories

With a fanfare of publicity, the Prime Minister has announced plans to increase the number of police officers by 20000. That sounds like a lot. The number of police officers has in fact fallen by 20000 under the Conservatives since 2010 so this is the equivalent of someone pinching your wallet and then expecting praise for giving it back.

Under the remarkable headline "Jeremy Corbyn is Right" (something the media seldom admit) Channel 4 ran a fact check which verified the scale of police cuts under the Tories.

The results are here

Dixon of Dock Green was a work of fiction, like many of the things the Prime Minister says.



Reviews written for the Socialist and Socialism Today

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