Anonymous

South East

Consultant

Peter, there are two problems with your accurate, analytical and fact-based article.

The first is that it is all of those things, when media and government self-interest is not actually served by that approach - unless they have selected facts and analysis that suit them!

The second is that you are not in politics, seeking power or in the mainstream news press.

That means your readership is not driven by scare-mongering and sensationalism.

It also means you are not motivated to encourage a climate of apprehension, even fear, in order for your particular set of political cronies to claim they have the "answer" and so we should elect them.

This is one of the oldest political tricks in the book - create a demonised threat and align the populace against it but supporting you. How sad that we cannot all see through this by now.

The list of non-threats that are perceived as much more serious than they are is endless - child molesting, personal violence, identity fraud could be added to the list quite justifiedly.

That we are so poor at evaluating risk is one indicator of the extent to which our education system fails.