Unless you were really, really bored in the run up to Christmas you probably didn’t get round to reading the press release from HMRC announcing the launch of a special task force that is targeting adult entertainers and the owners of adult clubs. The headline was evidently written by someone who couldn’t resist the idea of getting …
That's the figure the Office of National Statistics (ONS) came up with when asked by the EU to estimate how much prostitution contributes to the UK's GDP. A more intellectually honest statistician's answer might have been "Sorry guys, but we haven't a clue." Fair play to them for having a go, but if you look at the detail behind the ONS numbers it is clear they are based on some fundamental misunderstandings of how prostitution in the UK actually works, and some very iffy assumptions.
I don’t normally blog about political stuff because this is not a campaigning web site. However I thought it would be useful to publish my response to the current proposal that seeks to make it a criminal offence to pay for sexual services in Scotland. So here is a copy of the submission I’ve made to Rhoda …
