Crime

Crime is down. You can just hear Brown crowing about it, in his usual 'I saved the World' way. But where does this opinion come from? The British Crime Survey. Launched under the Tories, it was not their finest moment, but a Godsend for the likes of New Labour; it could in fact be called (more accurately) the Comedy Crime Survey. Ever supportive of their left-liberal bias, the BBC trumpet the output from this survey to prove that fears of crime are just moral panic and not real. But they don't mention the Surveys' parameters.

The British Crime Survey asks a tiny percentage of the population their 'experience' of crime. It doesn't include crimes committed by under 16's and serious crimes like murder. It is not based on established fact. Shall I use the same methods on the BCS? I don't know anyone who has ever been asked their 'experience' by the BCS, therefore the BCS doesn't exist. No?

We saw recently the release of accurate, comparative statistics for recorded crime that showed a steep rise in crime. Which, strangely accords with the belief of the general public. Imagine that, we now have a government who have bettered lies, damned lies and statistics and it is called The British Crime Survey. You'll find it in your library under fiction.