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Mind your language

‘Escalate’: an exciting new way to say ‘pass the buck’

One of the smaller things for which South Yorkshire police commissioner Shaun Wright might consider apologising

6 September 2014

9:00 AM

6 September 2014

9:00 AM

Shaun Wright, the police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire, spoke to Sky television last week about how little he knew of sexual exploitation of young people in the area. ‘This report demonstrates that lots of information was not escalated up to political level or indeed senior management level,’ he said.

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