Conservative policies blamed for terrorist attack

[RandomGuy]

Teresa May, as home secretary, oversaw the reduction in overall British police force by tens of thousands.

The recent terrorist attack on London happened by people known to the police.

Her Conservative party has taken it on the chin, since the cuts can be plausibly linked to the attack.

Ooops.

LOL "Party of Security"

On 20 May 2015, as Police Federation members warned Theresa May of the effects of cuts, the future PM defiantly told the body to stop "scaremongering" and "crying wolf". After the UK's third terrorist attack in three months, May's words are under greater scrutiny than ever before.

Though security is traditionally a strong suit for the Conservatives, May's Home Office record presents uncomfortable truths. In a speech last night, Jeremy Corbyn declared: "You cannot protect the public on the cheap. The police and security services must get the resources they need, not 20,000 police cuts. Theresa May was warned by the Police Federation but she accused them of 'crying wolf'" (He went further today and called on the PM to resign over her record.)

The Labour leader is not the only one to have warned May of the consequences of cuts. Following the London Bridge attack, Sadiq Khan told CNN: "It's not sustainable to carry on reducing the resources that our police receive." Peter Kirkham, a former Met chief inspector, warned that the service was in "crisis" and accused May of being "criminally negligent with the safety of the public". After a painfully awkward interview on Good Morning Britain, Culture Secretary Karen Bradley later conceded on the Today programme that there had been "reductions in police numbers across the board".

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics...rned-haunt-her

[DarrinS]

They are just hitting soft targets, tbh.

[RandomGuy]

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-2017-39856354

(poll data on BBC website)

[boutons_deux]

"reduction in overall British police force by tens of thousands."

conservatives UP everywhere.

btw, KS legislature is raising taxes, a huge groin kick to Brownback.