The other thing again linking in with the politics page ia squeezed budgets
Policing comes from council tax and this hasn’t kept up with inflation
Remove coppers and crime increases gosh really
Well I’m not fuckin paying to improve things
Like most things fucking reform say is just bollox to make you scared and who is to blame for making you scared
Our own history you know how bleak and dangerous Coventry was in the early 80’s or can’t you remember
https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/appendixtableshomicideinenglandandwales/current/homicideyemarch23appendixtablesfinal1.xlsx
Homicides peeked at 2002-2003
This is all murder from 1960 to 2023
Do you think there is any good leadership?
At work or in anything you’re Involved in
What does that look like
What would you like to see
as for councils you know adult and children’s social care is fucked don’t you?
what’s the solution if we don’t give some more money to invest in enough...
I think love has a huge part to play yes but Gandhi was right an eye for an eye leaves us all blind
You’ve got children you know violence doesn’t solve stuff
Is it?
228 murders in the last 12 months
78 under 25
10 under 16
https://benkinsella.org.uk/knife-crime-statistics/
42 13-19 up to March 23
Was 20 jn 2013
So it’s absolutely not a daily occurrence and statistically very unlikely...
Here’s one that appears more balanced but I’ve been told full fact is funded by the government so isn’t independent I’m not so sure
https://fullfact.org/government-tracker/
Amazing and in line with my friend who offered expert advise from a statistical standpoint and said the prosecution were misusing statistical information to find patterns that weren’t there
I think social media is undermining them completely and they didn’t stand a chance
Left bashing them from the left
Right from the right
Which might mean centrists would feel ok which maybe 30-35% do but x has whipped up an attack on starmer and labour and have brought in everything the tories...