The UK government is in need of enemies and will manufacture them as needed and the press is complicit in this. The UK government has pushed the false religion of "global warming" and the people do not buy it any more.  The government used a ruse to remove guns, now they use a ruse to remove  and outlaw knives.  The government will use a "crisis" to pass even more restrictive laws, higher taxes and more onerous regulations, and the press will be the lead cheerleader.  Of course any press that fails to tow the party line will be shut down.The crime rate while not reported accurately, is the fault of failed government policies and press hype.  Crime will continue to rise as the hope is extinguished in the people. 

Those with 30 minutes to spare may want to watch this week's Panorama which explores Liverpool's growing gun culture where children as young as 10 and 11 routinely carry guns.
Remember, Britain has some of the 'toughest' gun control laws in the world. This programme [BBC1's Panorama] proves the old adage that 'when you outlaw guns only outlaws have guns.'
This programme is only available to watch on the BBC i-Player until 11.59pm GMT Wednesday 9th July 2008.  

You are of course correct in this assumption. BUT with the recent demonstrations of the ant-knife and the fuel protestors, this shows and I mis-quote "Something is rotten in the states of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales". Parliament and not just the government are completely out of touch with the electorate. We are asked to tighten our belts whilst they block a motion making them open up their expense claims. The people of the British Isles are now getting totally pissed off. Nobody seems to represent THEM anymore.
What these young thugs fear most is humiliation, so a good old fashioned Saturday morning spent in the stocks would cure this, especially if you can’t get your prayer mat out every five minutes or you need drugs or alcohol to keep you going.

"I do not use Waldorf and Statler arguments".
 
No, that's true, you do not. But, tell us, do you secretly aspire to do so? If you could, it would certainly be an improvement and much appreciated by all.

In terms of intelligence I wouldn't dare compare myself with you. But I do not use Waldorf&Statler arguments.

I am in England now and it seems that half the tabloids ran almost identical cover stories on the same day. Very odd and certainly not objective.

"yeah, let free men kill free men"

Your mentally underdeveloped responses never seems to stop. What part of sociopaths and terrorists killing unarmed innocent "free men" with impunity do you not get? And what part of as a basic human right is the right to protect oneself do you not get? And what part of police as ineffective do you not get? And what part of responsible citizens aren't children, well, excluding yourself, having a right to own the means of self-protection do you not get?

You are a silly distraction and you contribute nothing to any intelligent discussion, both you and your friend Amsterdamsky, a first class anti-Semitic hate monger who also spews nothing intelligent.

Can you explain your point about tabloids being suckered by this report?  By the way, the newspaper that this article links to is the Telegraph, which I believe is still a braodsheet, not a tabloid. 

Law abiding citizens should be allowed the means to defend themselves - especially in cases like Britain where the government has proven itself incompetent in  protecting its citizens.   

yeah, let free men kill free men

The posession of knives or any other weapons should be free anyway.
The police should go after the stabbers, not the knives.
 

The solution to knife crime and any other armed crime is not in banning weapons, it is a high likelihood of lengthy prison sentences. In addition, since Roman times and earlier, the right of free men to carry weapons for their protection was unquestioned.  Except by tyrants and tyrant wannabes. It is past time to reverse the trend started only in the second quarter of the 20th century to restrict possession and carrying of weapons by free men

The tabloids all got together is seems and headlined the same fabricated story.  The sheeples fell for it of course.  Violent crime is actually down in the UK.

I can't disagree with you there, except that gun's might now be considered a little "too American" for some.

As a simple suggestion, I propose that all British citizens work to strike down a ban established in 1988, and reestablish the cane sword as a fashion accessory for all men and women.

They can sing kumbaya all they want. The only thing that stops pushing is pushing back real f#$!ng hard. That's especially true with the thoroughly antisocial segment of population responsible for this wave of violence.

The solution to knife crimes is to get a gun, that's more common sense than any lefty pinhead could ever process. Taking a knife to a gun fight is just plain stupid. Word does get around with the slobs that create problems in society. Shot dead, slashed to death, whatever means a sociopath or terrorist takes, there are responsible ways of defending oneself. In most situations the cops can only arrive too late and call the coroner. Most unarmed victims end on an autopsy slap. Calling 911 is a sad joke. But, hey, what lefty whimp is ever going to face up to that.

Here, Americans aren't treated as children by elites, too simple minded to acquire and use guns as a means to protect ourselves. I'm guessing that soon kitchen knives will be banned from the EU, with forks to follow. I hope they get to keep their spoons, and, why not, salt shakers with too many holes were banned from fish-and-chip joints in a part of Britain recently.

There are so many things that the EU Nanny State socialists have to ban. So much work ahead of them. Paper cuts and a crayons ban(choking) can't be far behind.