Thursday, September 27, 2007

A Matter of Perspective

Metropolitan Police figures have recently shown that 'foreigners commit one crime in five in London' (Sunday Telegraph, Sept 23rd). Presumably, the phrasing of such statistics is meant to alarm us into some form of negative response towards the increasing immigrant population. However, presented from the opposite side, we discover that four crimes in five in London must therefore be committed by people whom we would consider our kinsmen by birth.

Surely the latter statistic is far more worrying and worthy of greater contemplation?

The Power of Love

Looking through my writing archives for the month of March, I came across the following article, initially published in my weekly column for...