Khan not taking knife crime seriously, says Badenoch after Hainault stabbings
Sadiq Khan has been accused of not taking knife crime “seriously” following a sword attack in east London.
A 14-year-old boy was killed and four people seriously injured during the incident in Hainault on Tuesday morning when a man armed with a sword went on the rampage.
Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch said on Wednesday the incident demonstrated the need for stronger enforcement, accusing Mr Khan of failing in his responsibilities as London’s mayor as the capital experiences an increase in violent crime.
Of course not, shifting the focus away from bad news on their patch is what politicians do. He probably does take it seriously away from the political arena, but what is a career poseur to do?
It does appear to highlight how much bad news voters are prepared to take before they abandon their party allegiances though. Far too much is the answer to that one.
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He's in a tight place here. There really isn't anything to be done about this. I've seen an interactive map of London where you can hover over each site and it gives the name of the victim. This, and the reports of the perpetrators' trials, tells me that this is a third-world problem we have imported. As does my recollection of the UK of my youth.
This was caused by Khan and every other politician and civil servant who allowed immigration to rise to current levels. To be fair, with a few malign exceptions, few of them really understood the law of unintended consequences.
Well, there's going to be plenty of bad news when Labour comes to power.
Sam - I've checked victim names too and yes, it's a correlation Khan can't focus on politically and neither can the perpetrators. From my memories, problems with cultural integration were obvious from the early days.
Tammly - I think so too. I don't see Starmer keeping a lid on it.
I feel sure that the answer is "more funding".
Doonhamer - bound to be, the answer is never "less funding" or even "the same funding".
The G: "Marcus Aurelio Arduini Monzo, 36, was charged with the murder of Daniel Anjorin, 14. ... Monzo, a dual Spanish-Brazilian national ..."
We no doubt have enough violent nut jobs of our own. Why do we import more?
dearieme - and it's so much worse when a child dies. Those who let him in should be sacked at least, but it doesn't put anything right.
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