Caron Lindsay

WATCH: Joe Otten interviewed on Sunday Politics

By | Sat 23rd April 2016 - 12:24 pm

Joe OttenGiven half a chance, Liberal Democrats would get rid of Police and Crime Commissioners. While the positions exist, though, it’s important that voters have the chance to choose a Liberal Democrat.

It’s good to see that the party is putting more effort into contesting these positions than we did four years ago. Two members of the LDV team are even standing, Chris White in Hertfordshire and Joe Otten in Yorkshire.

Last Sunday, Joe was interviewed, along with the other candidates, on BBC Sunday Politics. Have a watch here.

* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings. You can find her on Bluesky at caronmlindsay.bsky.social

Read more by or more about , , or .
This entry was posted in News.
Advert

3 Comments

  • Mary Reid Mary Reid 23rd Apr '16 - 1:52pm

    The interviews begin about 43 minutes in. Good luck, Joe!

  • Eddie Sammon 23rd Apr '16 - 5:35pm

    Well done Joe! It seems a difficult role to stand for, but I know you’d do a good job.

    The election candidates seemed to be doing a lot of incumbency/Labour bashing in that video! I’d be surprised if they won going from what I saw there.

    Well done for standing up for democracy too by saying Labour should be allowed to contest the election.

  • Richard Boyd OBE DL 24th Apr '16 - 12:56pm

    Whilst I commend Liberal Democrats who want to stand for this useless elected post, I cannot bring myself to vote for any candidate and, for the first time in 50+ years I have
    “spoiled” my ballot paper. This Commissioner post has created two captains on a ship in some areas, and virtual dictators in others. Essex Police Authority, which i chaired, had 4 magistrates (not elected) 4 Home Office appointed “independents” ( a parish clerk, a businesswoman, a chair of a Health Trust, and a CEO of a charity) and 8 elected county councillors (proportionate to their party’s vote on the County). The Chairman was a convenor not a dictator. Whu the Tories wanted the Authorities abolished was obvious.
    We were not poodles of the elected government, we did not seek public profile, we brought common-sense to locally accountable policing by consent.

Post a Comment

Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are. You can read our comments policy in full here. Please respect it and all readers of the site.

This post has pre moderation enabled, please be patient whilst waiting for it to be manually reviewed. Liberal Democrat Voice is made up of volunteers who keep the site running in their free time.

To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar.

Your email is never published. Required fields are marked *

*
*
Please complete the name of this site, Liberal Democrat ...?

Advert

Recent Comments

  • Peter Hirst
    Concepts around money and wealth vary depending on how much you've got. To some it's about survival, to others a transactional process that empowers and liberat...
  • Nick Hopkinson
    Thank you for writing this Paul. It is important to try to demystify Burnham’s policies. I understand he is going to give a major speech next week....
  • Peter Martin
    "However, real devolution requires more than transferring responsibility. It also requires fiscal devolution I've made the same point previously. W...
  • Paul Reynolds
    Making international comparisons in health spending is something of a minefield, with different definitions of 'health spending', currency changes, and the divi...
  • Tom Bailey
    Yes indeed, “We await clarification. “ Andy likes to be liked, and for the last ten years he has been “worshipped” by a select group of Manchester publ...