On Rahul Gandhi, his remarks on thieves having the surname Modi were silly. But 2 years in prison? The judgment seems legally questionable on several grounds, so perhaps will be reversed on appeal. I… (View Post)

I think the point is that the Met seems to be unwilling to admit to the scale of the problem. The excuses they use, whether it's "just a few bad apples" or "we are already carryin… (View Post)

I think there's a few different arguments here. The Daily Mail article quoted above comes close to saying that a predictable backlash against promoting diversity is what is *causing* otherwise d… (View Post)

OK well the evidence doesn't seem to support that argument. (View Post)

Ummm... this was (I think) a population-based study based on medical records. It doesn't have the problem of people altering their behaviour because they were told they were being observed. Nor … (View Post)