Comments on: Grayling depicts Wire fiction as fact http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/08/tory-mp-compares-britain-to-the-wire/ Left Foot Forward is a political blog for progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy developments. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Boris’s retreat from accountability over the Met should worry us all | Left Foot Forward http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/08/tory-mp-compares-britain-to-the-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-154540 Boris’s retreat from accountability over the Met should worry us all | Left Foot Forward Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:56:14 +0000 http://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=515#comment-154540 [...] anyone who’s seen Baltimore crime series The Wire will know there are very real dangers with politicising the police. The last thing we want is [...] [...] anyone who’s seen Baltimore crime series The Wire will know there are very real dangers with politicising the police. The last thing we want is [...]

]]> By: Grayling's revisionism on Wire comparisons | Left Foot Forward http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/08/tory-mp-compares-britain-to-the-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Grayling's revisionism on Wire comparisons | Left Foot Forward Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:27:43 +0000 http://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=515#comment-616 [...] Left Foot Forward has shown previously, in 2008, the real city of Baltimore where The Wire is set suffered 624 violent crimes, 237 [...] [...] Left Foot Forward has shown previously, in 2008, the real city of Baltimore where The Wire is set suffered 624 violent crimes, 237 [...]

]]> By: The Earl http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/08/tory-mp-compares-britain-to-the-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-81 The Earl Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:18:58 +0000 http://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=515#comment-81 What a racket. I'm not even going to bother debunking this article. We All Know The Truth About Crime. Let me ask you a question, author. Do you really, honestly, seriously believe that our streets are a safer now than in 1997? No? I didn't think so. What a racket. I’m not even going to bother debunking this article.
We All Know The Truth About Crime.
Let me ask you a question, author. Do you really, honestly, seriously believe that our streets are a safer now than in 1997?
No?
I didn’t think so.

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