picking on

Why is it me they're picking on?

Picking on transgender incarcerated people and migrants must have seemed like the next best option.

It is admirable that Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum are revamping the age profile of the England squad, and county cricket is very different to the international game so picking on attributes rather than record has merits.

It starts with the idea that there are more and less logical ways to tax people, and that the tax system should avoid picking on certain types of activity in arbitrary ways.

England have shown, however, they don't mind picking on potential - just look at the success of 20-year-old off-spinner Shoaib Bashir on the tour of India.