Can we really Trust Teresa May with a blank cheque?

If May gets her way and scraps HR, then it is simple - the terrorists have won.

Dog handlers do adopt their dogs on many occasions but many of these dogs are unsuitable for re-homing.

I knew a police dog handler some 15+ years ago. I'm pretty sure that he kept his working police dog at home. Don't they have to be reliably well behaved when mixing with the general public?

Why would young dogs be put down? They would still be amenable to retraining surely?

Thanks for the info; it may have been going on for years but that only makes it more disgusting. Surely something could be put in place to keep these dogs alive, even if they're not suitable for re-homing? It would be a trivial portion of the police budget, or possibly a charity like the Dogs Trust would intervene - or the money could even be raised through crowd-funding.

21st September 2013:
The news, revealed in The Sun, follows the revelation this week that the Ministry of Defence has destroyed 288 dogs in the past 10 years, including two RAF dogs that guarded Prince William. Brus and Blade were destroyed just days after he quit the service.

2008:
One force has halved its dog squad and at least three others are poised to make cuts. Greater Manchester Police cut its dog section from 120 to 60, while a merger between Bedfordshire Police and neighbouring Hertfordshire Constabulary will see nine dogs leave the force. Northumbria Police has also put its dog numbers under review, with a third of its 45-strong canine unit being let go, according to Police Review.
^Dogs, which cost around £9,000 each, per year to keep, have been a staple of British policing since their introduction to North Yorkshire police in 1923. But many face an unsafe future as forces tighten their budgets amid the economic downturn.
Christopher Harvey, of the Cambridge Institute of Dog Behaviour and Training, said: "Forces do seem to be cutting back. The overall view is that dog numbers are reducing.^

Dog handlers do adopt their dogs on many occasions but many of these dogs are unsuitable for re-homing.

This is nothing new.

I read it from a link to the Independent angelab - in fact I read it twice as I found it strange and dreadful - seems some of the dogs were very young.

welshwife if that is true about the dogs, it is absolutely disgusting, they could have been found homes through e.g. the Dogs Trust. Where did you read/hear that?

yes; good post Cindersdad.

Don't forget May fought the judges over immigration, saying that they were "acting illegally". May never forgets a grudge, how easy to persuade her for Dacres case?

Don't forget that Dacre wants the power to elect judges- he can then use his paper to influence the law. May is in his pocket

behaved like someone!!

Someone has just commented that Theresa May has behaved on a witness protection scheme. Good laugh to start the day

Someone has added another catchy phrase for Maybot, to describe her refusal to answer questions

Sly and slippery

Good post Cindersdad nobody is given a blank cheque, and that is what an Opposition is for in Parliament, and vox pop in the streets and a free press.

GGM2 you seem to be obsessed with the word attack , word of the week?
Anybody else would just call it a comment.

So nothing anti democratic about a press whose editorials are controlled by right wing and in some cases far right tax avoiders. Who have no stake in this country other than the ability to ensure they pay as little or no tax.

They spew filthy headlnes and history has shown that they are not above breaking the law. Dacre has May in his pocket

They are not lost causes until you stop fighting for them Cindersdad - don't give up.

So nothing about the May manifesto which has become a chameleon - changing to suit the day Roses. Just an attack on posters on here who comment on the right-wing press. Nothing new there then. Just attack a Gransnetter seems to be your mantra.

Neither Theresa May nor Jeremy Corbyn can be trusted with a blank cheque. After tomorrow when the dust has settled we will have abetter of how the nation as a whole thinks. The point has been that within Gransnet and our circle of friends we tend to hear opinions we agree with.

My views have not changed on Brexit or PR, both of which may be lost causes. Most of us agree that the NHS, Education and Security need protection from swings to the left or right.

Whatever happens in the Brexit negotiations there is a strong case from giving the people a choice or at least allowing a free vote in parliament on the outcome.

Agreed about the manifesto, GracesGran.

"In her speech last night May said: “If human rights get in the way of doing these things, we will change those laws to make sure we can do them.”

This flatly contradicts the commitment in her own manifesto not to rip up or amend the Human Rights Act before Brexit (at least two years away) or to withdraw from the European convention on human rights for at least the next five years. Derogation, which would be needed, amounts to a temporary and partial withdrawal from the convention.

“We will not repeal or replace the Human Rights Act while the process of Brexit is underway but we will consider our human rights legal framework when the process of leaving the EU concludes. We will remain signatories to the European convention on human rights for the duration of the next parliament,” says the manifesto."

She's changing it on the hoof.
Keir Starmer has just said that the Human Rights Act has not prevented any actions against terrorism - and he should know.

Amusing how it's called 'the filthy press' because they don't print the things some Corbyn voters like.I assume the clean press are the left wing bias newspapers.

Many policeman used to ( and presumably still do) keep the dogs as they build up a good relationship with them.

Yes DJ I knew a police handler who kept his dog but I think some of these sniffer dogs were very young - maybe that had something to do with it.

It is in some places, Welshwife. I know someone who is a retired policedog handler, who took his dogs with him. They are still used occasionally.

The biggest thing is that May cannot be trusted with is her own manifesto. Even today she is telling us things that are not in it. The Conservative manifesto is the only thing she HAS to adhere to - not all the infill we have heard and the manifesto is so thin it is basically anorexic.

She has very little to which she can be held accountable but we do know what she will do to pensioners; we do know what she will do to the NHS and we do know what she will do to you if you become disabled.

Yes there was a report where there was a desparate plea by a police officer for dogs in a serious incident. None were forthcoming

I saw a report this morning (Independent I think) which said that due to the police cuts 84 dogs have been put down - some very young dogs - and no sniffer dogs were on duty at the Manchester arena or on London Bridge. It seems there could be an alternative - retire these dogs early and home them with police families and bring them out as reserve dogs if they are needed - not sure why this route is not followed.