THE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 20 2017


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New award celebrates police staff with Matthew Paul Viewpoint


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Hail to the Chief!


done so before and advanced their legislative priorities by being more successful dealmakers. In foreign affairs, Obama was


ineffectual and weak. Trump’s campaign slogans labelled the outgoing President ‘the founder of Isis’. This may have been overstating the case a bit, but Obama bears some responsibility for the carnage in Syria. Amazingly, his decision not


“I, DONALD J TRUMP,


do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God.” God help the rest of us, too. At


THE LAUNCH of a new award


by Dyfed-Powys Police is celebrating the work of officers and staff at the force. Anyone who has come into contact


with the force is encouraged to nominate individuals for the #WeCare award, which aims to celebrate individuals who have gone above and beyond to provide exceptional care and support. This could range from a PC who has


kept a victim updated on the progress of an investigation, or a chaplain who has supported a family during tragic times, to a schools officer who has helped youngsters deal with difficult issues. The award also extends to members


of staff who have proved to be invaluable to community groups, from helping to run safety campaigns to providing reassurance at PACT meetings. Chief Constable Mark Collins


said: “We are proud to launch the first #WeCare Award, recognising the work of our officers and staff. “Our staff are at the frontline of policing and this award is a chance to


say thank you for the efforts they make. “We would like to hear from anyone


who has had a positive experience with a member of the Dyfed-Powys Police family, no matter how brief their contact with the force might have been. “We look forward to receiving your


nominations, and hearing from people who have been grateful for the help of our colleagues.” The award will be handed out at the


Dyfed-Powys Police Awards ceremony on Thursday, March 30. Nominations can be made by direct


message at the force’s Facebook page, Dyfed-Powys Police. Alternatively, you can write


to: #WeCare Award, c/o. Corporate Communications, Dyfed-Powys Police HQ, Llangunnor, Carmarthen, SA31 2PF.


Please include the name of the


person you are nominating and your reason why in as much detail as possible, as well as your name and contact number. The closing date is February 12.


noon today, a President of unique grace and charm departs; to be replaced by the most graceless and charmless man who ever farted in the Oval Office. President-elect Trump has shown personal integrity to make Richard Nixon look like George Washington, and a grasp of international politics and diplomacy to make Jimmy Carter look like Kissinger. Trump’s inauguration speech


should be interesting. Inauguration speeches have produced some of American politics’ most inspirational rhetoric. Obama has always done inspirational rhetoric well. Trump, it is fair to say, less so. The voices of the Presidents


ring out down the decades: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” (Franklin Delano Roosevelt; 1933) “Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country,” (JFK; 1961) “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem,” (Ronald Reagan; 1980) “Grab ‘em by the pussy. You can do anything,” (possibly not, but with The Donald who knows?). Barack Obama’s oratorical


strength also defines his greatest political weakness. Never has a President promised so much, and delivered (in domestic


politics) only quiet competence. In 2008, ‘the audacity of hope’ that surrounded his election led supporters to believe they were electing a messiah. His speech on June 3 of that year, celebrating his nomination as Democrat presidential candidate, intimated overconfidently that his selection was 'the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal'. This may not be quite as big


a political boast as proclaiming yourself to be (by way of example) Y Mab Darogan, but Obama’s assertion of a power to stem the very tide made him look, to many conservatives, like a bit of a Cnut. Obama’s legacy is mixed.


His greatest achievement was to demonstrate that a black man can become the most powerful man in the world, even while black men in America are still regularly shot for being cheeky to the police. Obama rode his country out of a


potential depression, and America’s domestic economy prospered under his presidency. The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, came into law and extended health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Americans who previously went without treatment. But many of Obama’s social


aspirations for his country went unfulfilled. He stood by and said sad, elegant words each time an American teenager flipped out and did teenage tantrums the typical American way, with an automatic rifle and hollow point ammunition. He faced a hostile Congress and Senate, but many Presidents have


to use American power to unseat Bashar al-Assad was heavily influenced by a vote of the UK Parliament, in August 2013, against using military force. Given that the vote was the result not of high principle but of Ed Miliband’s deceitful and unprincipled gambit of withdrawing Labour’s support to score a few short-lived points against Cameron, it will be the first and only time that Gulpy Ed influenced history. Obama was no friend to Britain.


His father was apparently detained by the British and subsequently became involved in the blood- soaked Mau Mau rebellion against British rule in Kenya. On assuming office, Obama got rid of a bust of Winston Churchill and had it stuffed away, somewhere deep in the same warehouse the CIA use for storing crashed UFOs and the Ark of the Covenant. Under Trump, the bust is back.


Where Obama said that post-Brexit Britain would be at the end of the queue for a trade deal with the US, Trump, who approves of Brexit (and he would, wouldn’t he), has intimated that we will be at the front. Americans still overwhelmingly


approve personally of Obama, but his personal grace and charm is no longer enough. Electing a messiah failed to change much, so the American public are trying their luck with an ogre. Obama’s lack of audacity in office depleted his own political party. His failure to match great words with radical actions paved the way for President Trump. As The Donald prepares to


wrap his tiny hands around the globe, America will recall the concluding words of Obama’s 2009 inauguration address: “Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely…” to Donald J Trump.


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