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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 March 2026
Debate
Crime and Policing BillContribution
Meanwhile, our police stations continue to shut and our police are unable to cope with the casework. Nor do they have the powers to act decisively when they detect on reasonable grounds that something is wrong. If nothing happens soon to stop this and reverse the decline and impact on our streets, local people will take this into their own hands. What have they got to lose? As the late President Reagan once said, “If fascism ever comes to America, it will be in the name of liberalism”. It is no different here.
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