Regular Readers selection of today’s press and news:
Sarah Champion: MP calls on force to hand over evidence on how it deals with of young victims
Fiona Woolf: Abuse victims call for inquiry head to quit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29844612
with link to new evidence provided to Home Office Select Committee.
Vow to make Rotherham stronger and more united
-with comment by “Ukip” ?
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/vow-to-make-rotherham-stronger-and-more-united-1-6926507
PCC Election results will appear here this afternoon.
Blast from the Past
Rotherham Politics 
#SYPCC by-election turnout figures just announced:
Doncaster – 15.24%, Rotherham – 18%, Sheffield – 14.5%, Barnsley – 11.9%, SY – 14.88%
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Police and Crime Commissioner voter turnout lower than 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-29850075
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Yet again we have labour in control what is it about people that they take anything labour has to give it has taken sarah champion long enough to start her inquiry spare a thought for the victims who it seems no one has a thought for especially the COUNCILLORS who are still in denial
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” it has taken sarah champion long enough to start her inquiry ”
Please try and keep up, even if it means taking the blinkers off.
This inqury follows on from an earlier inquiry instigated by Ms Champion.
Click to access cse_parliamentary_inquiry_report.pdf
http://www.sarahchampionmp.com/sarah-launches-inquiry-into-police-handling-of-victims-of-crime/
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Star reporter Ellen Beardmore is tweeting the count as it happens:
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Rotherham cabbies face ‘daily’ racial abuse
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/rotherham-cabbies-face-daily-racial-abuse-1-6927385
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Labour win PCC Election!
Lab 74,060, UKIP 46,883, Con 18,536, Eng Dems 8,583
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http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/info/200038/elected_representatives/898/south_yorkshire_police_and_crime_commissioner_by_election_result_30_october_2014
and for Rotherham:
http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/info/200038/elected_representatives/898/south_yorkshire_police_and_crime_commissioner_by_election_result_30_october_2014
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Whoops, this is the South Yorkshire Overall set of figures:
https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/council-and-democracy/councillors-democracy-and-elections/voting/current-elections
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The sheeple have voted.
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baa baa 🙂
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Not that many of them apparently.
Interesting that the Advertiser’s web poll had 90% saying they were going to vote UKIP. So, either some sad Kipper was voting over and over, or it says a lot about the average Advertiser reader, or they had better things to do on a Thursday in November, or these web polls are a complete waste of time.
Seems to me though, that UKIP aren’t as popular in South Yorkshire as they think they are. Could in be anything to do with their admiration for all things Thatcher, and picking some ex-copper as their candidate?
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so people who disagree with you are sheep are they? So you don’t respect either their democratic rights or the system that enables them (ie. democracy) do you? Presumably you share the old Tory MP’s view – “The people have decided – the bastards” !
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the people of south Yorkshire to vote in another labour politician after the scandal of Rotherham labour,beggars belief and will only encourage the labour politician once again to believe they can do what they want,knowing that s, Yorkshire voters do not know any difference (carry on labour as before nobody will bother you)
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UKIP must share some of the blame, candidate totally unsuitable in South Yorkshire, or anywhere else for that matter! An ex SYP Copper?
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This, Rothpol is UKIP’s core electoral problem – the quality of their candidates.
Unless they can attract better candidates they will always be just a protest party, incapable of maintaining a consistent level of vote from election to election.
This generally thoughtful blog adds other reasons why UKIP ultimately failed today.
http://ajustfuture.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/the-reasons-why-ukip-lost-south.html
I personally don’t count the first reason given – at least not the example tweet shown – all a parties can collect one or two people like that.
(But then our dear Jane Collins MEP has a bad habit of retweeting similarly inflamatory messages, – and being called out for it.
http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/ukips-extraordinary-defence-mep-retweeted-link-anti-semitic-blog/ )
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…and Conservative Home now offers their reasons:
http://www.conservativehome.com/leftwatch/2014/10/what-does-the-south-yorkshire-pcc-result-mean-for-ukip-labour-and-the-bookies.html
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The big mistake with this idiot PCC posts ( hopefully soon to be abolished ) is to allow anyone associated with any political party to be in such a position. To be associated with any party should be a DISQUALIFICATION.
PCC’s , if we are to have them , should be totally independent, and never have been a member of any political party.
I would have thought that it was obvious, but then again, I’m not one of the snout-in-trough brigade – just a normal person
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Dr allan billings acceptance speech I will put the victims first,is that labour terminology for if I secure compensation for the victims those who perpetrated the crimes and those that allowed it to go on will be forgotten about.
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Labour take victory in Yorkshire crime tsar poll, but few vote
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/labour-take-victory-in-yorkshire-crime-tsar-poll-but-few-vote-1-6927224
Worth visiting – to listen to Jack Clarkson’s interview.
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Absolute shameful of the South Yorkshire electorate to condone the way that the Rotherham Labour party covered up the abuse of 1400 girls. I didn’t vote because I agree with the PCC, I voted against Rotherham Labour. I see Regular reader as nothing more than a “common purpose” CHAMPION, no need for his mask to slip tonight when he is out trick and treating, it has been obvious from his very first post.
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Absolute shameful of the South Yorkshire electorate to condone the way that the Rotherham Labour party covered up the abuse of 1400 girls. I didn’t vote because I agree with the PCC, I voted against Rotherham Labour. I see Regular reader as nothing more than a “common purpose” CHAMPION, no need for his mask to slip tonight when he is out trick and treating, it has been obvious from his very first post.
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😉 🙂 :~)
” I see Regular reader as nothing more than a “common purpose” CHAMPION”
– and your blog says you also “believe” that:
“Global warming by man is a scam”
and that
“9/11 was an inside job” .
I don’t have any time for any of that nonsense!
Maybe you’ve come across the guy who comments on pieces in the Star and calls himself “UKIP” – you and he would seem have a whole lot in common.
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Fact – for other readers of Rothpol
I had never even heard of Common Purpose until long after my retirement – it was when I first started reading this blog. This is because I have seldom worked in UK, and even when in UK never worked for any public sector body, (and World-wide I’ve only worked for one – but I don’t think Common Purpose’s influence has ever stretched to the government ministries of famine-time Ethiopia, nor to the World Bank who funded my work there. ).
I do admire Sarah Champion – for the hard work she is doing – and not just on CSE – but she is the only Rotherham area MP I have any time for. … and I have no time for the Rotherham Labour Council.
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I seem to recall that Councillor Vines disowned on here The Star poster who calls him/herself UKIP.
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RR it has taken sarah champion long enough to do something there are two other mp’s in this area and the silence is deafening the poster in question was truthful and no end of apologies can help the victims we need ACTION now irrelevant of which political party anyone belongs to this should have been done sooner
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The Pedo’s Republic of South Yorkshire?
This is a pretty big incentive I think for folk in the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire to resist the creation of regional assemblies with their last breath. I doubt that folk in Driffield, Malton and Northallerton would be very happy if they woke up one day to find that their child protection services were being run by the South Yorkshire Labour Party.
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Ah, the troll returns. Presumably you’ll be off trolling in Greater Manchester now things have kicked off there?
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there are a lot of them…
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The standard of all the candidates was pretty poor but what a momentous mistake by UKIP to choose a retired SYP, when will they learn; and the poster idea was a huge mistake. As a political party I think UKIP still have a lot to learn, so we now have to wait and see what lose canon will do; very little I suspect.
Dave Smith
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Dear Mr Carlisle – Mr Billings was the best candidate by a mile – he won. Not many do on the first count in the PCC’s; That says a lot about the quality of Mr Clarkson. The second best candidate was Mr Walker, the Tory – and for me to say that highlights the incompetence of the other two. Now go back to Carlisle and prepare for supper. You add nothing to the debate with your seemingly twisted voyeurism.
UKIP expected to win it easily in Rotherham and win it overall in South Yorkshire simply because they shout loudly; they didn’t – even on a low turnout – which was their best chance.
Mr Clarkson had too much baggage – lots of it including Hillsborough, Orgreave and and the CSE – which he refuses to come clean about and address. (Do you know that Micheal? – I think not) He was also a very poor candidate – and some of his statements ‘Bring in the FBI’ were strange to say the least.
Another reason UKIP have stalled – and they have considering the low turnout – is Ms Collins; UKIP’s equivalent of Mr Stone. She is simply an opportunist and has absolutely nothing to offer Rotherham or the victims save odious and ill thought out (usually retweeted from far right blogs) soundbites; her behaviour is a disgrace and her talent less than obvious to all but the faithful.
SKT
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Hi skt on hearing alan billings acceptance speech i was somewhat dismayed considering he should already know most of the facts he was unsure and never said what he would be doing firstly a cc who did not know how many prosecutions there had been should go and all senior officers investigated that at least would be a start
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@Forensic X
‘so people who disagree with you are sheep are they?’
Who mentioned anything about disagreeing with me? If you read this blog regularly-and others-you will understand I’m not the only person who is puzzled and dismayed by the election of a Labour politician (Despite of his denials to the contrary) to the post of PCC.
The post above from “Anonymous” says it all: ‘PCC’s , if we are to have them,should be totally independent, and never have been a member of any political party.’ A sentiment with which I agree wholeheartedly.
Do not make the mistake of assuming you understand my political beliefs and views and for the record I have nothing in common with the Tory party. Your diatribe accused me of not believing in democracy but it is you who believes dissenters should not have a voice.
argumentum ad hominem
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au contraire, its not me who calls people ‘sheep’ for voting the way they do. Neither did I say you are a Tory, not that it is anything to be ashamed of if you are. Finally I asked you if you believe in people’s right to express their wishes via democracy, rather than accused you of not believing in it – hence the question mark. I note you have not reconsidered your view of fellow citizens as sheep, which surely is an arrogant dismissal of those that don’t share your point of view.
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“Candidates should be totally independent” and, presumably, devoid of all thought?
Has the similarity between the words ‘politics’ and ‘policy’ never occurred to you? So, when you say they ‘shouldn’t be political’, you are actually saying ‘they should be devoid of policies’.
Now, that doesn’t seem to be very clever to me. I actually want someone who is willing to spell out their values and their policies, as well as their personal attributes and skills. That is how I will judge between them. (Although, until we have a better gender balance, I will always give a few extra points to women election candidates, just as I do in recruitment.)
Political parties seem to me a way of people of similar values and policies joining together. I’m not a member of any political party in Rotherham. I don’t have a problem with them.
However, it seems that all political parties in Rotherham have a real difficulty with selecting good candidates – I haven’t noticed the (so-called) Independents being any better.
Shaun Wright was a classic example of someone who was promoted well beyond his abilities – I meet them all the time in business – and I certainly didn’t vote for him. Whereas Dr Billings was clearly a very good and able candidate, and I make no apology for saying that I did vote for him.
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Hi Janet could you explain your comment re Independent’s above, please? I think I was a pretty good candidate in 2012 and was certainly not a “so called” indie. Who are you on about?
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