Anger over Donald Trump's UK crime tweet

[smilesammich 10,727]

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Donald Trump has been accused of fuelling hate crime with a tweet erroneously linking a rise in the UK crime rate to "radical Islamic terror".

He said crime in the UK had risen by 13% amid the "spread" of Islamist terror - despite the figure referring to all crimes, not just terrorism.

The Labour MP, Yvette Cooper, said the statement was "inflammatory and ignorant", while ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband said Mr Trump was "a moron".

The Home Office declined to comment.

Mr Trump's tweet used data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)'s latest crime update, which reported a 13% increase across all offences in the 12 months to June.

It covered England and Wales, not the whole of the UK.

Police recorded 5.2m offences in the last year, the bulk of which were not associated with terrorism.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-41695667

[bcking 3,157]

There are nuances to the statistics that Trump was likely alluding to.

 

The problem is - Trump isn't exactly good at nuance. 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

How dare him imply the religion of peace and love is anything but 

[smilesammich 10,727]

11 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

How dare him imply the religion of peace and love is anything but 

well thar ya go.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

33 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

well thar ya go.

You must have the weekend duty 

[Boiler 45,665]

#Rotherham etc

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

It must be all those gun-toting criminals over there killing everyone.  They should pass stricter gun laws.

[eieio 1,594]

What woman…or young girl for that matter…doesn't mind an increase in sexual assaults?