"This looks serious to me."
Iains has made my point perfectly Karen - no report of an increase of actual attacks but an increase in on-line ones
On line attacks are usually impossible to trace and uantify in terms of people
It takes one organisation to organise say twenty of its computer-owning supporters to start a hate campaign, which then shows up on the figures as a large increase in racist incidents
If Russia can swing Brexit and the US elections, any tinpot 'Blueshit wannabe outfit in Ireland can impact on racism statistics - they have a roving diplomat now in the form of Farage
France is having the same problem now with the rise of Vox
All this can be confidently chalked up to Brexit, which led the way
Jim Carroll