“Just out report: ‘United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror.’ not good, we must keep America safe!” wrote the US president. The ONS said police had recorded 5.2m offences in the year to June, including gun crime, knife crime, robberies, sexual offences, stalking and harassment, burglary and car crime. There were double-digit increases in certain types of violent crime, such as gun crime, knife crime and sexual offences. Hate crime is up and it is fuelled by the kind of populist xenophobia you peddle. Yvette Cooper (@YvetteCooperMP) Hate crime in UK up 29% - sadly encouraged by ignorant tweets like this.

Source: The Guardian October 20, 2017 11:18 UTC