Bob Russell
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(11 years, 9 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
First, the hon. Gentleman’s figures are wrong. The number of neighbourhood police officers in London is up from 895 to 3,418. Crime is down in the Met, and he should welcome that rather than criticise it.
Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD)
The Lord said, “Go forth” and in Eastleigh Labour came fourth. The Prime Minister has observed that UKIP is a party of
“nutcases, fruitcakes and closet racists”
yet his Deputy Chairman says that the Conservatives should form an electoral pact with UKIP. How are the talks going?
The Prime Minister
First, I commend my hon. Friend on his splendid waistcoat. I am sure that if he reveals it a little further we will see that—yes, all right; enough already. It was a good, honest and fair fight in Eastleigh, but I want to be absolutely clear that the party that is meant to challenge as the Opposition in our country went precisely nowhere.