{"id":6920,"date":"2016-01-27T13:44:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T13:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=6920"},"modified":"2016-04-14T08:57:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T08:57:57","slug":"pcc-candidate-queries-paltry-interpreting-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=6920","title":{"rendered":"PCC candidate queries paltry interpreting bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This May sees a whole slew of elections to local councils, the Welsh Assembly, Scottish Parliament and last but not least, 41 local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apccs.police.uk\/role-of-the-pcc\/\">Police &amp; Crime Commissioners<\/a> (PCCs).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/01\/will_windsor-clive.jpg\" alt=\"Will Windsor-Clive looking dapper\" width=\"174\" height=\"247\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6921\" \/>As regards the election of the PCC for Gloucestershire, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk\/news\/cotswolds\/13872519.Conservative_Party_select_Will_Windsor_Clive_as_candidate_for_next_year_s_Gloucestershire_Police_and_Crime_Commissioner_election\/\">Will Windsor-Clive, the Conservative candidate<\/a>, has decided to play the bigotry and xenophobia card early. He&#8217;s doing so by questioning the &pound;100,000 the force spends annually on interpreters, having filed a Freedom of Information Act request on the subject, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westerndailypress.co.uk\/Tory-police-candidate-slams-unseen-cost\/story-28609344-detail\/story.html\">Western Daily Press reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> The paper reports the overall costs have remained around &pound;100,000 a year over the three years between 2011 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In a quote for the paper, Mr Windsor-Clive is reported to have commented: &#8220;This is an unseen cost of high levels of immigration. Taxpayers quite rightly want their money spent on keeping their community safe, not on providing translating services. I&#8217;m determined to find ways of cutting back-office costs to spend on frontline policing and this is one area that needs investigating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here are a number of questions electors (and others) should ask Mr Windsor-Clive.<\/p>\n<p>1. Is it right to whip up bigotry and xenophobia for electoral gain?<\/p>\n<p>2. Does Mr Windsor-Clive regard the rule of law and the administration of justice as priceless commodities in a civilised society?<\/p>\n<p>3. If the answer to 2. above is yes, wouldn&#8217;t any reasonable person regard \u00a3100,000 a reasonable price to pay to enable the full participation of both victims and accused persons who don&#8217;t speak English proficiently in the enforcement of the rule of law and the administration of justice?<\/p>\n<p>4. If Mr Windsor-Clive were to fall foul of the police in a foreign country whose language he did not speak, would he be content to forego the services of an interpreter, as he obviously wants to do in Gloucestershire?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This May sees a whole slew of elections to local councils, the Welsh Assembly, Scottish Parliament and last but not least, 41 local Police &amp; Crime Commissioners (PCCs). As regards the election of the PCC for Gloucestershire, Will Windsor-Clive, the Conservative candidate, has decided to play the bigotry and xenophobia card early. 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