Policing poser
Yet, with “local boy” Nick Clegg’s popularity at an all-time low, and with South Yorkshire Police preparing to delve into emergency cash reserves to fund the additional security that will be required to control protesting students and such like, it may prove to be a very uncomfortable weekend for the Sheffield Hallam MP.
This is, however, not a proper use of police reserves. They are there to fund the police response to a major emergency – and this misuse gives further credence to the view that security costs for major political gatherings should. in future, come out of Home Office funds rather than the coffers of cash-strapped local forces.