Comments for Mark Reckless MP http://markreckless.com Member of Parliament for Rochester and Strood Wed, 23 May 2012 16:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Tackling anti-social behaviour by Rita Arnold http://markreckless.com/2012/05/23/tackling-anti-social-behaviour/#comment-1213 Wed, 23 May 2012 16:05:38 +0000 http://markreckless.com/?p=3197#comment-1213 I am born and bred in the Medway Towns. When I was growing up Chatham High Street was a pleasure to walk through to shop and meet friends. The evenings were a different matter as the many pubs were the haunts of sailors, marines and soldiers, but the naval and military police kept very good charge of their own. There was prostitution, (we nicely brought up young girls knew nothing about this, of course) and I don’t suppose the motive for this trade was drugs in those days. Now Chatham High Street is policed by these so called community support officers. They walk in pairs and look quite scruffy and undisciplined. I don’t think I’ve seen them without them texting or looking at their mobile phones. They don’t give the public the feel of security as the good old Bobby would. They obviously have purges when they have been told to book people for littering but they seem to avoid the local louts and chavvy young mums who drop cigarette ends (obviously in fear of some back lash) however, I’ve been told by 1 or 2 pensioners who have been find on the spot for doing the same (easy targets!) though I condemn all litter bugs. I was almost knocked over by a youth on a bike who was weaving in and out of the pedestrians at some speed. I managed to find a support officer and complained but was told that there was nothing they could do about it. They are an expensive waste of money! I am lucky to live away from troublesome neighbourhoods but I know of decent folk who are sick and tired of the one or two families that cause trouble but are afraid that their calls for police help go ignored or are actioned upon too many days later after the fear has passed. If we could truly believe that anti-social behaviour is tackled immediately and justice be seen to be done I am sure that all tax payers would not mind paying for the police numbers to be increased so that we have the neighbourhood police service that we used to have.

]]> Comment on Over A Third Of Irish Want To Leave Euro For Pound by What About Ireland? | Mark Reckless MP http://markreckless.com/2010/12/05/over-a-third-of-irish-want-to-leave-euro-for-pound/#comment-1206 Wed, 16 May 2012 21:45:28 +0000 http://markreckless.com/?p=1475#comment-1206 [...] months ago I commissioned an opinion poll in the Republic which showed, even then, that more than a third of Irish people wanted to leave the Euro and return [...]

]]> Comment on Welcoming the Armed Forces Covenant in Medway by forgottonsoldier http://markreckless.com/2012/04/30/welcoming-the-armed-forces-covenant-in-medway/#comment-1205 Tue, 15 May 2012 10:03:13 +0000 http://markreckless.com/?p=3104#comment-1205 This is along time coming and something that is difficult to get excited about. The real problems come from the social meltdown from suffering soldiers whos lives have been ruined by combat related PTSD, being left to fend for themselves after selflessly giving everything they could to there country.

]]> Comment on The man who said “The Euro is here to stay” by Jim Jones http://markreckless.com/2012/05/15/the-man-who-said-the-euro-is-here-to-stay/#comment-1204 Tue, 15 May 2012 09:37:10 +0000 http://markreckless.com/?p=3167#comment-1204 Well said Mark, Brussels will move Heaven and Earth to prevent any break up of the Eurozone, regardless of what it will cost any nation or any individuals. Notwithstanding that the bottom line will be what the paymasters (the German electorate) will tolerate.

]]> Comment on Winsor will mean more cops on the beat by nik http://markreckless.com/2012/03/16/winsor-will-mean-more-cops-on-the-beat/#comment-1200 Mon, 14 May 2012 10:57:19 +0000 http://markreckless.com/?p=2969#comment-1200 Chris – you are an idiot

]]> Comment on Speak Up for Robust Policing by Political Quotes (London Riots) | Jamal Gordon http://markreckless.com/2011/08/09/speak-up-for-robust-policing/#comment-1198 Sat, 12 May 2012 20:31:43 +0000 http://markreckless.com/?p=2332#comment-1198 [...] Reckless MP on his blog:  “The police must now be as tough as they need to be to re-establish order and politicians [...]

]]> Comment on Ministerial Pensions – an open letter to Francis Maude by D. Lowe http://markreckless.com/2012/05/03/ministerial-pensions-an-open-letter-to-francis-maude/#comment-1190 Thu, 03 May 2012 22:30:00 +0000 http://markreckless.com/?p=3141#comment-1190 How about MPs pensions, which apart from Ministers are the very best in the UK.

]]> Comment on Ministerial Pensions – an open letter to Francis Maude by David http://markreckless.com/2012/05/03/ministerial-pensions-an-open-letter-to-francis-maude/#comment-1188 Thu, 03 May 2012 16:07:03 +0000 http://markreckless.com/?p=3141#comment-1188 Well pursued Mark. Hope you get a proper answer that addresses your excellent points.

Another blot on politicians caused by the few.

]]> Comment on Cabinet ministers to get bigger pensions by Ministerial Pensions – an open letter to Francis Maude | Mark Reckless MP http://markreckless.com/2012/03/20/cabinet-ministers-to-get-bigger-pensions/#comment-1186 Thu, 03 May 2012 08:16:19 +0000 http://markreckless.com/?p=2995#comment-1186 [...] I was correct in warning on 20th March that the changes which you were going to bring in on 1st April would have the effect of increasing [...]

]]> Comment on Kent and Essex MPs welcome airport campaigners to Parliament by jb http://markreckless.com/2012/04/28/kent-and-essex-mps-welcome-airport-campaigners-to-parliament/#comment-1177 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:23:34 +0000 http://markreckless.com/?p=3092#comment-1177 mark…..LONDON THAMES GLOBAL
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