In which case, Keith, I was wrong to say you believed it was the only reason.

So, before we go down another wrong track, you believe the over-representation could be due to

1. British Pakistanis being culturally implanted to commit these crimes
2. That demographic is also over-represented in the taxi trade which has the ability to commit these crimes easily
3. The police are concentrating more on that demographic
4. That demographic is not as good at hiding it's crimes as others
5. Other reasons as yet undiscovered

If do. why then did you state that the other reasons were only excuses and did not explain the 'real' over-representation?

Incidentally, I think it is significant that the figures you quote only start in, what was it, 1998? British Pakistanis have been around a lot longer than that. Why would the over-representation only start to happen less than 20 years ago?

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