on tuesday evenings newsnight, emily maitlis interviewed beatrix von stoch, deputy leader of germany'sarty, afd, on the subject of her party's immigration policy. the two clashed over the direction of crime figures since germany's recent influx of migrants. it's fake news to say the numbers have been going down, that our country is getting safer, and it's not. you know that's all wrong, don't you? you have the lowest crime rates since 1992, a—25 year low. you know that violent crime rates are down... i'm telling you that that's what your interior minister said. why would you contradict the official status from your own interior minister? you're using crime figures to scare people when they aren't true. you don't have to shout at me when you're doing an interview. that interview produced some strongly—felt and varied responses. some members of the audience felt beatrix von stoch was not an appropriate guest, with catherine leonard tweeting... the opposite opinion was expressed in this post from lee brailsford. immigration policy also provided controversy in the united states from where