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By: Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward | Left Foot Forward

Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward | Left Foot Forward — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:15:55 +0000

[...] in the British Crime Survey and that the murder and manslaughter have both decreased; and today, we exposed Tory MP Justine Greening for her false claims on burglaries in [...]

By: What broken society? « Freethinking Economist

What broken society? « Freethinking Economist — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:22:52 +0000

[...] Much of the stuff covered in the article – such as declining crime stats – was no doubt covered in previous posts. In brief, when confronted with falling Crime stats, the dissenters say they are made up, in some way or another, and in such a way that they are more made up now, so that we have had a decline. I doubt we will ever agree. If anything, the Right seem to be doing more manipulating of stats, including my own MP. [...]

By: Martin Johnston

Martin Johnston — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:38:15 +0000

RT @leftfootfwd: Exposed: More Tory misuse of crime stats: http://is.gd/7KZDV #reasonsnottovotetory

By: Tom Pearson

Tom Pearson — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:55:09 +0000

A favoured Tory & BNP tactic RT @leftfootfwd: Exposed: More Tory misuse of crime stats http://is.gd/7KZDV

By: A Zimbo

A Zimbo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:40:09 +0000

Give me a break Tom. You obviously fell hook line and sinker for the ZanuLiebour spin machine’s mendacious bullshit. Perhaps if I post this link to a more Left wing Pravdaesque govt mouthpiece you might be able to accept what we all in the population know to be the truth. Liebour lies!

Massaging the crime figures

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/20/crime-figures

Meanwhile, Home Office ministers added to the public’s growing mistrust and confusion over government statistics by introducing major changes to the rules for police crime recording so that – as one officer put it to me – “looking for trends in the police figures is now a bit like trying to read tea leaves.” This enabled them to persuade sections of the media that the Home Office’s British Crime Survey (BCS) was the only definitive measure of crime. Yet the BCS also had limitations – especially with regard to crime among young people in the most deprived inner-city areas; and it was completely ignored by Tony Blair when, in 2002, he made it his personal mission to get street crime down in the light of soaring police figures but at a time when the BCS was showing no increase in the problem.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:38:11 +0000

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By: Will

Will — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:38:02 +0000

Chris Grayling Downfall movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlwrZNaJ9HE

By: Adam White

Adam White — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:37:28 +0000

RT @2Pallas: RT @leftfootfwd: Exposed: More Tory misuse of crime stats: http://is.gd/7KZDV < The Conservatives: restoring trust in politics. Or not.

By: Ben Cooper

Ben Cooper — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:36:21 +0000

RT @2Pallas: RT @leftfootfwd: Exposed: More Tory misuse of crime stats: http://is.gd/7KZDV < The Conservatives: restoring trust in politics. Or not.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:32:07 +0000

RT @leftfootfwd: Exposed: More Tory misuse of crime stats: http://is.gd/7KZDV < The Conservatives: restoring trust in politics. Or not.