I thought most of the posters on here were intelligent people yet some of them seem actually to believe the crime statistics trotted out by Police forces! I suppose they also believe Government immigration figures, climate change statistics and all those stories about peanut butter being a carcinogen and so on? Oh dear.
Crimestoppers are an example of an NGO that collate figures on crime in the UK, are you saying that they are corrupt also. I haven't seen you give any explanation or figures with references for the so called fudging of the data. I do get sick of seeing the stereotyping of where I live, because whilst in jest it is humorous, it continues to influence peoples attitudes to this great and vibrant city!
An experiment to see how quickly thieves would steal an unlocked bicycle has exploded a popular myth about at least one place.
Researchers put a new bike in 10 cities and saw how long it took to be stolen.
The bicycle that lasted the longest - almost four hours - was in bustling Mathew Street in Liverpool.
"Light-fingered Scousers" have often been the butt of jokes but in fact thieves in London acted fastest, stealing the £130 bike in just 17 minutes.
Next was Glasgow at 1hr 30mins and Birmingham at nearly two hours.
It took between two hours and 3hrs 15mins for the bikes to go in Bristol, Norwich, Newcastle, Manchester, Cardiff and Portsmouth.
The test was carried out by insurer More Than.
Liverpool, as a city of fewer than 500,000 people, has punched above its weight culturally, scientifically and in sport.
It has one of the largest hospitals in Europe, a renowned school of tropical medicine, England's most successful football team and enough theatres and art galleries to shake a stick at.
Despite the economic destruction wrought on it, and the decay of its spectacular architecture, Liverpool remains a magnificent and powerful city which is a party capital and a good place to walk around.
Liverpool is not the city of thieves, dole cheats, drug dealers, rioters and strikers.
So stop giving us a hard time.
And one more thing... Scousers really are funny.