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Subject: UK police privatization
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jlh1182 21.10.12 - 12:34pm
A high-profile candidate campaigning to become one of the Governments new elected Police and Crime Commissioners is being secretly backed by American neo-conservative lobbyists and companies pushing for police privatisation. * +

jlh1182 21.10.12 - 12:40pm
Mervyn Barrett has flooded Lincolnshire with expensive leaflets, free DVDs and full-page newspaper adverts in his bid to be elected as its policing supremo next month. Unusually for a rural local election, he has employed professional campaign staff, commissioned weekly opinion polls, opened field offices and is driven in a chauffeured Mercedes. * +

jlh1182 21.10.12 - 12:41pm
He has poured tens of thousands of pounds into the elections, far more than any other candidate anywhere else in Britain. Mr Barrett describes himself as an independent, opposed to party politics in policing. He has refused to disclose who is funding him, despite widespread local suspicions generated by the intensity and professionalism of his campaign. * +

jlh1182 21.10.12 - 12:42pm
However, it can now be revealed that it has been run by a team from a US-based neo- conservative think tank, the Fund for the New American Century, funded in part by a variety of corporate donors with an interest in public-sector privatisation. The entire campaign team resigned yesterday within hours of being contacted by The Sunday Telegraph. * +

jlh1182 21.10.12 - 12:46pm
Investigation of Mr Barretts campaign website reveals that it is registered to a New York and Washington-based political action committee, MatthewPAC, part of The Fund for the New American Century, whose website says it is dedicated to building Americas future by supporting candidates who share our vision for reform and innovation. * +

figtree 21.10.12 - 12:46pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9623068/The-secret-US-lobbyists-behind-Police-and-Crime-Commissioner-election.html * +

jlh1182 21.10.12 - 12:48pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9623068/The-secret-US-lobbyists-behind-Police-and-Crime-Commissioner-election.html * +

figtree 21.10.12 - 12:49pm
What are your thoughts people? * +

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