O/T What’s the bloody world coming to.

[John2]

Plus here in Britain knife crime is on the increase.

Very much a problem in the black community but that's a statistic that's rapidly swept under the carpet.

What makes you say it's swept under the carpet?

I've seen it widely documented, and haven't seen any attempts to suppress that fact. On the contrary, if you don't identify all the factors around an issue you can't resolve them and do those affected a disservice.

Genuinely curious as to what you can point to that makes you think this is hidden.

[Pattylallacks2]

Plus here in Britain knife crime is on the increase.

Very much a problem in the black community but that's a statistic that's rapidly swept under the carpet.

Not been swept very far then. Seems to me that the problem is being factually and accurately reported

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Not been swept very far then. Seems to me that the problem is being factually and accurately reported

And what's been done about it?

Apart from a reduction of stop and search

[Pattylallacks2]

Your point was that it had been covered up, presumably by the media in general and the BBC in particular. I was merely pointing out that it hadn't. Failure to deal with the issue is another matter and is mainly down to successive governments and our inefficient police force.

[Robus]

You import populations from countries where violent crime is prevalent. You notice the behaviors become prevalent in your country and wonder why. If the million Visas that the Home Office issued last year didn't stop the problem, issue more. Ban guns, knives, toothpicks.

[mygiddypant]

This is almost as good as reading Daily Mail online. Throw a few ti-s in and it would be even better!