Our Police deserve their pay rise...now

The headline says it all really. On any measure be it:

• The excellent job our boys and girls in blue do, day-in, day-out
• The fact that the practical difference between 2.5% (the full rise they're getting from the end of this month) and 1.9% (the amount they've received since September) is insignificant in the fight against inflation
• The damage out of all proportion to the issue that is being done to the government by digging its heels in over this issue
• That coming on the back of a bust-up with the military over its commitment to our armed services, the last fight the government should be picking is with our Police
• That 1.9% is less than inflation and is, therefore, a de facto pay cut
• That the Police - especially in London - have delivered significant drops in crime
• Or, simply that the government's just wrong and should be big enough to admit it...

...our Police deserve a full pay rise backdated from this September. No ifs, no buts.