Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

You misunderstand the main purpose of policing, @stormssaint. Once a crime has been committed, policing has failed. The police are supposed to be a presence on the streets, and in rural areas, to prevent and deter crime. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: Yes @susan_suwong30, you may well 'love it', but what if you were a Lincolnshire resident, paying heavy taxes out of a sma… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Yes @susan_suwong30, you may well 'love it', but what if you were a Lincolnshire resident, paying heavy taxes out of a small wage, who was burgled, assaulted or the victim of anti-social behaviour, and was told the police had no time, or no manpower, to deal with your problem? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

The reasoned and thoughtful response of @vincentrowlatt to this tweet was ...to block me. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

3/3 @stormssaint . I have for many years criticised the police for many things, as the record shows. I regard their current pretence at political correctness as absurd, and exploded by the Sarah Everard case and what followed it. Stop heresy-hunting, and try thinking. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/3 @stormssaint Being old enough to recall when violence was common at football grounds, I can see the purpose in offsite policing of these events. Do you *really* think a Pride event is remotely comparable in its potential for violence? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/3 @stormssaint. I am not 'angry' about anything. People don't have to be angry to disagreee with you. I just disagree with much of what te modern police do(and wish they would do things they don't do). I dislike football, but I think clubs pay for onsite policing. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

3/3 @kim_aldis Now ask if any Lincs taxpayers, who fund the force involved,have any complaints abt the police being absent from their streets,or saying they have no time to respond to incidents of theft,violence and anti-social behaviour.If so, how do you justify such activities? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/3 @kim_aldis. Here are some deatils of crime in lincolnshire https://t.co/kgRFOvbWJm. . Now, when you have examined these.... — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 @kim_aldis If you follow the traditional theory of effective policing, it is axiomatic that paid working time not spent in the prevention, deterrence and detection of crime is time deducted from those activities. It certainly renders *that* kind of policing less effective. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@jaykay1903. Where does this curious expression come from? EastEnders? My life, while undoubtedly flawed and perhaps not attractive to the sort of people who like dancing the Macaroon in the street with police officers, has much to recommend it. The jibe is *not* devastating. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@drositamba. You have utterly lost me here. Do you actually think that order would have broken down there if those officers had not been dancing the macaroon, or whatever it is? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @TalkTV: Mike and columnist Peter Hitchens discuss the stairs at Paddington station which show messages such as "hold handrails" and "do… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

PS .@brusinner . I did not highlight it. Lincolnshire Police tweeted it. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@brusinner , What is ‘public engagement’ other than a cliche from some management course? Police used to ‘engage’ with the public by being a permanent, accessible presence on the streets. That is what most taxpayers want. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: @longcividhell Happy for you. But what about a robbed or beaten resident of Lincolnshire, where crime is rising, who pays… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: .@mlogops Can you produce any evidence that police forces who dance in the street, on duty and in uniform, are more effect… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

I am not a Tory @vincentrowlatt . I see the police as a shield against crime and disorder. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@stevewhiteraven. Perhaps I do not think such activities do anything of the kind. If police want to improve relations with the public, they should return to preventive foot patrol, the task they were set up to do.Their pretence of being PC surely crumbled after the Everard case. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@vincentrowlatt , Why do you tell these silly, defamatory falsehoods? Do you actually regard the prevention, deterrence and punishment of crime (which is mostly experienced by the poor and weak) as ‘oppression’? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@longcovidhell — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@mlogops Can you produce any evidence that police forces who dance in the street, on duty and in uniform, are more effective at combating crime and disorder than those who do not do this? I am genuinely interested to know the basis of your assertion. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@longcividhell Happy for you. But what about a robbed or beaten resident of Lincolnshire, where crime is rising, who pays heavy taxes out of a small wage, and cannot get the attention of the police? The ‘also’ stuff comes second to this.. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@kynohy, no , I hadn’t . So sad to think he would so soon afterwards be lost at sea. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Today Monday 22nd August) just after 11.00 AM, I plan to join .@Iromg Mike Graham on .@talktv and .@TalkRadio, to discuss the everlasting crisis. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@bazzer1979 . I am sorry to say that I am totally unsurprised but this. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: Thefts, criminal damage and other crime rise in Lincolnshire. https://t.co/zGB3IP8rvX — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: @adamarriba. Crime, including theft and violence, is rising in Lincolnshire . If nobody there is ever told that police hav… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@unclemonkie , have you thought at all about what you are saying here? I suspect you do not know your Bible very well. I’d add that my late brother was quite famous ( justifiably) for being very rude when he felt like it. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@suesuezep I am often astonishingly nice . But have we met? — PolitiTweet.org