They Predict A Riot
A leaked Home Office letter declares that crime will rise due to the credit crunch, which at first appeared to be downplayed as “just a draft”. But then they changed their tune and deemed it “blindingly obvious”.
All this would have received far less press coverage had it not been for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alastair Darling, declaring that Britain was facing the worst economic downturn for sixty years. Not the sort of thing that the Chancellor should be saying. Rather, he should be trying to do what he can to fix it, to prevent the downturn, not just prophesying it. All such talk will due is ensure that we get an recession.
As this leaked document came out at exactly the right time it almost seems like some sort of set-up in order for Labour to show that they are “prepared” or something. Well, it would if it wasn’t such a monumentally stupid plan.
However, if it is “blindingly obvious” that crime would rise with an economic downturn, why were they trying to tell us only just over a month ago that crime is ‘actually’ falling? Only one or the other of these can be true. Either economic problems = more crime or crime is falling. The Home Office can’t believe both. Unless it’s a schizophrenic government department.
Personally, I’m with the riot predictors. But to prevent it from breasking out, the Home Office really needs to pull it’s fingers out and get real police on the street.
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