Ex-police officers who are standing for Parliament on May 6.

A total of seven retired policemen are listed. They are:

Bill Brereton - former Deputy Chief Constable, North Wales Police
(Lib Dems, Delyn, N Wales)
Nick Colbourne - ex North Wales Police
(Labour, Montgomeryshire)
Byron Davies - ex Met and National Crime Squad
(Conservative, Gower)
Phil Edwards - Constable, North Wales Police
(Plaid Cymru, Aberconwy)
Barney Fitzpatrick - Regional Commander, RUC
(Alliance Party, Derry East)
Charles Hill - former Detective Chief Inspector, Met
(Independent, Richmond Park)
Dylan Rees - District Inspector, N Wales Police
(Plaid Cymru, Ynys Mon)

Oddly the article fails to mention the party that appears to have the highest number of former police officers standing in this election - the fascist British National Party. Consider this list:

Michael Barnbrook - former Inspector, Metropolitan Police
(BNP, Dagenham & Rainham)
Michael Green - ex-CID, South Wales Police
(BNP, Neath)
Mike Simpkins - ex RAF Police
(BNP, Chippenham)

Indeed the above list should actually have been four strong, but John Pugh, the BNP's parliamentary candidate for Birmingham Yardley dropped dead in March. Clearly a career spent eating donuts and shifts sitting around West Midlands police stations does nothing to assist a long retirement! We could perhaps also add Neil Jackson, standing for the fascists in Bexhill & Battle - who is a former member of the Met's civilian staff.

So - poor research at Police Review? Or a dark little secret they want to keep quiet?