BY GAVIN CHAMBERS The start of Welsh devolution in the true sense was the creation of the Welsh Assembly by the Blair government following the 1997 referendum on the issue. It should be noted that not all were for it. The turnout was a low 50% of the electorate and the vote in favour of an Assembly was only above the vote against by a … Continue reading Time for Change
BY GAV CHAMBERS The history of the modern professional police is commonly regarded to have started with Robert (Bobby) Peel and the invention of the Metropolitan Police Force in 1829, based in part on the previous Bow Street Runners of Henry Fielding. Peel wanted to assure those who doubted his ambition that the force would not be an undue use of state power interfering in … Continue reading Defending Bobby
