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Hackney- "like the Wire"

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01/07
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Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary has remarked that some areas of the U.K resemble scenes from 'The Wire', referring to the hit TV show set in Baltimore, Maryland known by its locals as "Murdaville" due to high rates of homicide. The Tory M.P added that the U.K suffers the same culture of gang, drugs and violence as in the U.S "ghettos". Among the comparisons were Hackney Borough in London and Salford in Manchester.
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02/07
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Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary has remarked that some areas of the U.K resemble scenes from 'The Wire', referring to the hit TV show set in Baltimore, Maryland known by its locals as "Murdaville" due to high rates of homicide. The Tory M.P added that the U.K suffers the same culture of gang, drugs and violence as in the U.S "ghettos". Among the comparisons were Hackney Borough in London and Salford in Manchester.
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03/07
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Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary has remarked that some areas of the U.K resemble scenes from 'The Wire', referring to the hit TV show set in Baltimore, Maryland known by its locals as "Murdaville" due to high rates of homicide. The Tory M.P added that the U.K suffers the same culture of gang, drugs and violence as in the U.S "ghettos". Among the comparisons were Hackney Borough in London and Salford in Manchester.
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04/07
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Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary has remarked that some areas of the U.K resemble scenes from 'The Wire', referring to the hit TV show set in Baltimore, Maryland known by its locals as "Murdaville" due to high rates of homicide. The Tory M.P added that the U.K suffers the same culture of gang, drugs and violence as in the U.S "ghettos". Among the comparisons were Hackney Borough in London and Salford in Manchester.
Hackney like the Wire128047
05/07
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Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary has remarked that some areas of the U.K resemble scenes from 'The Wire', referring to the hit TV show set in Baltimore, Maryland known by its locals as "Murdaville" due to high rates of homicide. The Tory M.P added that the U.K suffers the same culture of gang, drugs and violence as in the U.S "ghettos". Among the comparisons were Hackney Borough in London and Salford in Manchester.
Hackney like the Wire128053
06/07
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Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary has remarked that some areas of the U.K resemble scenes from 'The Wire', referring to the hit TV show set in Baltimore, Maryland known by its locals as "Murdaville" due to high rates of homicide. The Tory M.P added that the U.K suffers the same culture of gang, drugs and violence as in the U.S "ghettos". Among the comparisons were Hackney Borough in London and Salford in Manchester.
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07/07
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Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary has remarked that some areas of the U.K resemble scenes from 'The Wire', referring to the hit TV show set in Baltimore, Maryland known by its locals as "Murdaville" due to high rates of homicide. The Tory M.P added that the U.K suffers the same culture of gang, drugs and violence as in the U.S "ghettos". Among the comparisons were Hackney Borough in London and Salford in Manchester.
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Hackney borough in London to suffers the same drug, gang and violence culture like certain US ghettos, says Tory MP Chris Grayling.

Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary has remarked that some areas of the U.K resemble scenes from 'The Wire', referring to the hit TV show set in Baltimore, Maryland known by its locals as "Murdaville" due to high rates of homicide.

The Tory M.P added that the U.K suffers the same culture of gang, drugs and violence as in the U.S "ghettos". Among the comparisons were Hackney Borough in London and Salford in Manchester.

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