No-one would deny that at any time, society is dealing with crime of one sort or another. But David Cameron’s ‘Broken Society’ surely does not match the reality. He makes speeches saying things like ‘we do not always have to expect crime to go up’ when of course crime has been falling for years now, and at this moment we’re less likely to be a victim of crime than at any point in the last 25 years.

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I’m currently keeping an eye on the gloomy prediction figures that seem to be trotted out on a daily basis, as I’m fairly sure 90% of them are complete tripe.

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