Friday, 18 January 2008

Kneejerk attack on police is a disgrace

click here to go to the blog Writing his column in The Times today, Martin Samuel has launched an attack on the police following the Garry Newlove murder trial. The police are not perfect, indeed some are plain useless, but Samuel's piece can be held up as a case study of poorly considered, kneejerk attempts at populism that ignores both fact and reality. Criticism, when it is rational, well thought out and just...

Posted on The Waendel Journal.