There is so often an alternative. As we stand in the polling booth, we must decide whether to vote for the incumbent, or for a different candidate. When surveying the shelves in the supermarket we have a choice, beef, chicken or pork for this Sunday’s roast? But when it comes to police tactics, there is simply no alternative to stop and search. As the streets of this once-great nation slide relentlessly and headlong into increased lawlessness, with watch robbers, shoplifters, drug dealers, car thieves, burglars, rapists, phone snatchers, knife carrying thugs and others facing very little chanc…