Knifing Brown in the showers

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I had to raise a smile this morning when it was announced that the top cop that the Home Secretary has put in charge of knife crime is called Alf Hitchcock. I am sure he is the best man for the job but there must be someone with a sense of humour in the Home Office. I also wonder whether he had cleared his proposal to bring back uniformed national service?

The idea that making the perpetrators of crime go and see the victim of knife crime in hospital is going to lead to some widespread fall in the rate of knife crime seems ludicrous. What is even more surprising is the way the Prime Minister has seemed so keen to attach himself to the issue of knife crime. I am sure there were some in his office who would countenanced leaving it to Boris and let him take the flack.

But what should we do?

I am afraid that the only course of action is the time consuming one of searches on the streets. If you want to go into any night time venue then it must surely be in the interests of your own safety for this to happen. That said, a knife is but one weapon and as this interesting article relates broken bottle are also a weapon of choice for those looking to hurt or harm. However, if you are caught then the presumption for possession must be that you will go to prison.

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