It’s very far removed from Moss Side, a small, culturally rich but economically hard-done-by part of inner-city Manchester. Grayling this week compared Moss Side to the ultra-violent US crime drama The Wire, claiming that the conditions on the streets are ‘nothing short of urban war.’

Moss Side has had serious problems with gang violence in the past, and still does today, but ‘urban war’? Anyone living in the area will get a strong whiff of bullshit at that statement. How did he get that idea? For starters, the closest people like Grayling get to a place like Moss Side is through their TV set, so it’s not surprising he’s swallowed the ‘gunchester’ sensationalism.

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