There are many of today's front page stories that won't encourage the Tory leader. The Mail, in particular, continues its pursuit of Derek Conway. The Sun, however, does shine on David Cameron and with one of its memorable headlines...
The Conservative leader has given a big law'n'order interview to The Sun - one week after the newspaper launched a major campaign to 'mend Broken Britain'.
The meat of Mr Cameron's remarks is found in a commitment to expand stop and search. This is what he says:
“Stop and search rules were put in place to protect young black and Asian British kids. Now it’s the young black and British Asian kids that are being stabbed and shot and the rules are getting in the way of protecting them... We need to see a culture where it is unacceptable to carry a gun or a knife. We will scrap the rules of stop and search. We need more newer rules. We need to work out whether it needs completely scrapping, or whether we need to replace the say-so of an inspector with that of a sergeant or lower. But those current laws, be in no doubt, have got to go.”
Mr Cameron said that the Conservatives are considering scrapping provisions in the 1984 Police and Criminal Evidence Act that make it bureaucratic for the police to stop and search.
Read David Cameron's interview here.
The Sun Says welcomes Mr Cameron's interview which is splashed across two inside pages. Page 3's Keeley is also impressed:
"Keeley is delighted that Tory leader David Cameron has pledged to tackle street crime. She said: "It's about time a politician took a tougher stance over the rise in violence. Nowadays streets are so mean that you don't feel safe walking down them. David is right to get tough."
There you have it! Apologies to some readers who will be disappointed that we've only captured Keeley's face but this is a family-friendly website.
Crime should be our number one campaigning issue.
Alongside immigration it matters most to voters and a tough message coupled with Cameron's social responsibility thinking will have a lot of appeal.
Posted by: CCHQ Spy | January 30, 2008 at 08:51
It sounds tough and itll grab headlines but in practice I can see a whole world of objections from the civil liberties lobby.
The police will always treat certain groups with more suspicion than others. The defence by those on this policy that if you are innocent then you have nothing to hide is the same argument Labour use for ID Cards.
Posted by: James Maskell | January 30, 2008 at 09:38
Perhaps Cameron could find Keeley a job in the Home Office when he becomes PM,she couldn't do worse than the present incumbent.
Posted by: Malcolm Dunn | January 30, 2008 at 09:45
Did you notice how Tony McNulty a Home Office Minister was on the BBC radio 5 phone in on this topic this morning, rubbishing Cameron's plans, aided and abetted by the first two callers who cliamed the polce already have these powers? It looked suspiciously like a stitch-up to me.
McNulty has also been on various TV news programmes this morning but I haven't seen any Tory representation.
It's great for Cameron to get this on the front of The Sun but Tory shadow ministers should have been all over the airwaves this morning backing him, not allowing Labour to come on unnopposed and ridiculing his proposals.
Posted by: Dave | January 30, 2008 at 09:49
Well if he has the support of Page 3's Keeley then it must be ok,what a load of drivel that rag is also this sounds incredibly like smiths plans for the labour party,please come up with some NEW and DIFFERENT ideas for christ sake!
Posted by: Gnosis | January 30, 2008 at 09:50
Dare I say that Keely should be helping DC put "booby's on the beat" !!
Posted by: Kevin Davis | January 30, 2008 at 09:51
What, no jokes about Keeley and what would happen if she asked to 'stop and search' you?
Posted by: Letters From A Tory | January 30, 2008 at 09:56
"We need more newer rules".
What exactly does this mean?
Does he mean,scrap existing rules and bring in more rules that will of course be newer than the scrapped ones?
Why use such a way as this to say something,it smells of something but I cant quite tell what it is,yet.
Posted by: R.Baker. | January 30, 2008 at 10:29
I'm pretty sure that Keeley lives in Bromley, so I'll be marking her as a C on our canvass returns.
Posted by: James Cleverly | January 30, 2008 at 10:58
You arent going to check her out, politically, James?
Posted by: James Maskell | January 30, 2008 at 11:05
"It looked suspiciously like a stitch-up to me."
Especially when McNulty sought to get praise for wanting to remove bureaucracy from the Police, when it was his Government would put the burden on the police, yet the tame BBC presenter didn't bother to point this out.
Posted by: Iain | January 30, 2008 at 11:19
Keeley could do no worse than the current Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who constantly makes a t*t of herself.
Posted by: London Tory | January 30, 2008 at 11:52
We may as well have Keely,afterall,we still seem to be backing Conway dont we?
Posted by: R.Baker. | January 30, 2008 at 11:56
We wont get rid of anuone like Conway,because we would run a chance of being defeated in the by election that would follow.People have long memories what with all the past and present sleaze,he should have been fired,2010 is just around the corner and looming faster than some think.
Posted by: R.Baker. | January 30, 2008 at 12:00
It's disappointing to read all this infantile nonsense on this thread simply because a page 3 pin-up was mentioned. Grow up please.
Posted by: Dave | January 30, 2008 at 12:31
More must be done to keep The Sun promoting Conservative policy. That paper, more than any other in this country, has a real influence on its readers. The Sun always has a knack of judging the public mood and in reflecting it. Thats why its such a popular paper, so keep The Sun supplied with lots of policy please!
Posted by: Tony Makara | January 30, 2008 at 13:39
Cameron is wrong. The problem is the Police have too many powers. The (once) good cops have long since been pushed out of this rotten institution, leaving only bullies, criminal thugs and corrupt yes-men behind, and it has become a threat to the public.
Posted by: Adam- | January 30, 2008 at 14:20