Moss Side and The Wire: Alan Johnson wades in
25th August, 2009
“Chris Grayling should be praising the police for continued reduction in gun-related offences, rather than talking Britain down.
“The connection between The Wire and Chris Grayling’s grasp on the problems of modern Britain is that they’re both fictional.
“The serious problems being tackled in our communities will not be diminished by his embarrassing habit of making glib references to television programmes that he thinks will make him sound ‘cool’.”
- Home secretary Alan Johnson
