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Terrorism vs road deaths compared

27 November 2015
 

IN THE aftermath of the terrorists attacks on Paris, Bamako (Mali) and Beirut, Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee compared the likely risks of death due to terrorist attack for a UK resident with the risk from, for example, road accidents. “What’s many times more deadly than terrorism?” she asked rhetorically. “Britain’s roads.

“Fears are rarely rational,” Toynbee added. “If, say, jihadis were roaming our streets with automatic weapons, killing off...

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