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		<title>Police WILL be under democratic control</title>
		<link>http://markreckless.com/2012/01/25/police-will-be-under-democratic-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For over forty years the police have too often evaded democratic oversight of their operations by pointing to a 1968 judgment by Lord Denning (R v Metropolitan Police Commissioner, ex parte Blackburn [1968] 1 All ER 763) On Monday the &#8230; <a href="http://markreckless.com/2012/01/25/police-will-be-under-democratic-control/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markreckless.com&amp;blog=10789988&amp;post=2788&amp;subd=markreckless&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Restoring British Freedoms</title>
		<link>http://markreckless.com/2011/11/17/restoring-british-freedoms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The police must be supported in their vital work upholding the rule of law. However this does not mean that we should compromise our freedoms which ultimately the rule of law is there to achieve. After a mere eighteen months &#8230; <a href="http://markreckless.com/2011/11/17/restoring-british-freedoms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markreckless.com&amp;blog=10789988&amp;post=2585&amp;subd=markreckless&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EU Referendum now &#8216;When, Not If&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://markreckless.com/2011/10/31/eu-referendum-now-when-not-if/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are told that the Foreign Office Sir Humphrey has asked each government department to report on opportunities (and inevitably for the FO &#8216;risks&#8217;) to repatriate powers from the EU. The fact that every department is involved shows how far &#8230; <a href="http://markreckless.com/2011/10/31/eu-referendum-now-when-not-if/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markreckless.com&amp;blog=10789988&amp;post=2548&amp;subd=markreckless&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Reckless welcomes the introduction of directly-elected Commissioners to help fight crime in Rochester and Strood</title>
		<link>http://markreckless.com/2011/09/20/mark-reckless-welcomes-the-introduction-of-directly-elected-commissioners-to-help-fight-crime-in-rochester-and-strood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Reckless MP for Rochester and Strood welcomes the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act which received Royal Assent on 15 September 2011. The Act will introduce directly-elected Police and Crime Commissioners which will make police forces truly accountable to their communities by: &#8230; <a href="http://markreckless.com/2011/09/20/mark-reckless-welcomes-the-introduction-of-directly-elected-commissioners-to-help-fight-crime-in-rochester-and-strood/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markreckless.com&amp;blog=10789988&amp;post=2412&amp;subd=markreckless&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatives and LibDems v Sir Humphrey</title>
		<link>http://markreckless.com/2011/09/09/conservatives-and-libdems-v-sir-humphrey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I went on Newsnight to discuss tensions in the coalition. I made the point that we will not allow the LibDems to block the historic opportunity which the Euro zone crisis gives us to take powers back from &#8230; <a href="http://markreckless.com/2011/09/09/conservatives-and-libdems-v-sir-humphrey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markreckless.com&amp;blog=10789988&amp;post=2379&amp;subd=markreckless&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Reckless discusses PCSOs in Medway</title>
		<link>http://markreckless.com/2011/09/08/mark-reckless-discusses-pcsos-in-medway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Reckless Raises Questions To The CPS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, as part of the Home Affairs Committee evidence session into unauthorised hacking by News International, Mark had the opportunity to question Lord Macdonald, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, and Keir Starmer, the current DPP. On Wednesday &#8230; <a href="http://markreckless.com/2011/07/22/reckless-raises-questions-to-the-cps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markreckless.com&amp;blog=10789988&amp;post=2296&amp;subd=markreckless&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What About The CPS?</title>
		<link>http://markreckless.com/2011/07/19/what-about-the-cps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been top level resignations at both the Metropolitan Police and News International. But what about the CPS? I just asked ex-Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner: “Mr Yates, you explained when we started our inquiry in September that CPS advice &#8230; <a href="http://markreckless.com/2011/07/19/what-about-the-cps/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markreckless.com&amp;blog=10789988&amp;post=2282&amp;subd=markreckless&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Police Playing Politics Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sir Paul Stephenson made the right decision last night to resign and take responsibility for his force&#8217;s mistakes and, at least as importantly, his own mistakes as Metropolitan Police Commissioner. Listen to Mark Reckless on Westminster Hour &#8211; Click Here &#8230; <a href="http://markreckless.com/2011/07/18/police-playing-politics-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markreckless.com&amp;blog=10789988&amp;post=2276&amp;subd=markreckless&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who is in charge, ministers or ACPO?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today one of the government’s strongest ministers, Nick Herbert, had to come to the House of Commons to make an emergency statement about a matter on which he had been kept in the dark by his officials. For at least &#8230; <a href="http://markreckless.com/2011/06/30/who-is-in-charge-ministers-or-acpo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markreckless.com&amp;blog=10789988&amp;post=2255&amp;subd=markreckless&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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