Theresa May says there’s no link between fewer police and rising crime – the only 7 replies you need
Here’s Theresa May, the so-called prime minister giving her definitive take on why there’s definitely, absolutely, without a doubt no link between falling police numbers and rising crime.
"If you look at the figures, what you see is that there's no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers."
That was Theresa May's response when she was asked if the fall in police numbers had contributed to the rise in knife crime. pic.twitter.com/pSylB7BtP5
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) March 4, 2019
“If you look at the figures, what you see is that there’s no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers.”
There’s an awful lot we could say to that, but these people say it better, the only 7 replies you need.
1.
You have been a key figure in successive governments which have since 2010 cut the criminal justice system to ribbons – from the police to the CPS to courts to forensic science to legal aid to probation to prisons.
How dare you pretend this is not your fault. https://t.co/dPCjLtJk1b
— The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) March 4, 2019
2.
We should test this by removing all police protection from Ministers. https://t.co/nl0kVcrEu5
— Brian Moore (@brianmoore666) March 5, 2019
3.
If crime and police numbers aren't correlated, why do we have police? https://t.co/r3m1gCnucU
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) March 4, 2019
4.
In the same way that there is no direct correlation between failing to get your deal through Parliament and not having enough MPs to support it. https://t.co/G3JcrAwyLB
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) March 4, 2019
5.
What utter nonsense. No wonder knife crime is exploding if this is the attitude of our Prime Minister – the same woman who disastrously slashed police numbers by 20,000 when she was Home Secretary. https://t.co/QlgkMyzesP
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 4, 2019
6.
Unbelievable. She says anything https://t.co/lDNoGGbzwa
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) March 4, 2019
7.
She's bloody useless at everything, isn't she? There was a time when Tories had the bottle to ensure the forces of the state took robust action against thugs and thieves. Long gone. https://t.co/NbJXXLQwea
— Patrick O'Flynn (@oflynnsocial) March 4, 2019