President Trump has previously sparked controversy with comments about extremism in Britain KEVIN DIETSCH/GETTY IMAGESDonald Trump has been accused of being inflammatory and ignorant after he wrongly linked the rise in recorded crime in England and Wales with the “spread of radical Islamic terror”. After statistics showed a 13 per cent increase in crime in a year, President Trump tweeted: “Just out report: ‘United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror.’ Not good, we must keep America safe!”Mr Trump’s tweet has been attacked as “nonsense” by Yvette Cooper, chairwoman of the Commons home affairs select committeeThe report, published by the Office for National Statistics , did not mention terrorism, except to say that the recent attacks skewed the murder rate. The figures cover England and Wales, not the whole of the UK as Mr Trump incorrectly asserted. Of the 664 homicides reported, down 2 per cent on the previous year, 35 were…

Source: The Times October 20, 2017 15:56 UTC