http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html en-gb 30 Thu 07 Jan 2010 19:37:31 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=18#comment12 I was going to write that I can't believe that this govt still has the gall to think they can get away with this kind of behaviour, but after all, we've had our chances to get rid of them and not taken them. Perhaps it's becasue the other lot don't look too much betterAs for MAii at #12 - these comments come from a man who has never been to Britain and spends his hours guzzling steak and chocolate. Having been to the US, I can say that these days they have very little to teach us, unless you consider portion size to be the number one culinary priority. Tue 10 Feb 2009 03:33:03 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=16#comment11 I'm sure the statistics don't even begin to tell the full story of knife crimes in the UK. But it's hard to resist the temptation to point out that most knife crimes in Britain are not committed against people, at least not directly but against food in British kitchens. Britain's well deserved reputation for lack of cullinary skills suggests that knives used for stabbing people are only the tip of the iceberg, the vast majority of knive crimes are committed in the preparation of meals. And sadly, this is not criminal statutorily listed in the criminal code but it ought to be. Wake up Britain. Learn how to cook meat and vegetables without boiling them to death. Learn to use spices to add flavor. Change the grease more than once every six months when you make fried fish and chips. Get some flavor in your lives. That or send out for what you call "take-away" curry. Mon 09 Feb 2009 01:47:53 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=15#comment10 Whenever politicians make denials or accusations of making false statements, there is often an angry rebuttal and an attitude of 'how dare you accuse us of lying'.Often Politicians don't lie. They just don't tell the truth either, nor do they ask the question they have been asked.In the case of the interview between David Milliband, Foreign Secretary and Jon Snow of Channel 4 News the other evening, over the High Court case of the 'British' Guantanamo 'tortured' detainee, it was astonishing and so telling, to see David Milliband so outraged, yet not flushed with outrage. Someone in control or someone with something to carefully hide.Not surprising then that the Home Office or its unelected advisors will never be brought to account.I'm sure if the public knew what really went on and what was really said behind the 'closed doors of power', there would be the most enormous outcry of outrage and anger.Politic, from the dictionary:"shrewd and skilful negotiating; devious, unscrupulous, expedientPolitics, from the dictionary;"the art or science of government concerned with and holding control of practices and policies; activities characterized by artful and dishonest practices"I will say no more. Sat 07 Feb 2009 13:08:51 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=13#comment9 Government stats.Nobody believes them anyway.How could we, how could anyone believe a proven liar would tell the truth. Sat 07 Feb 2009 12:21:29 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=12#comment8 Dear Mark,I wonder what is going on which we do not know. I do not trust the British government - unfortunately. A very good post by the way, Mark. Fri 06 Feb 2009 16:25:43 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=10#comment7 #6"Oh what a tangled web we weave,when first we practice to deceive !!" [Sir Walter Scott, who turned down the post of Poet Laureate]They don't need to practice any more, they have become very good at it. Fri 06 Feb 2009 15:47:27 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=9#comment6 There is a saying that the Government statistics is like lace underwear- reveals a lot, but hides the most important. :-) Fri 06 Feb 2009 15:13:48 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=7#comment5 There's lies, damn lies and NuLabour statistics !!It is obvious that these are poorly educated people because if they were better educated, they would have read and understood the tale of the boy who cried "wolf" !!My children read that in primary school !!- Oh what a tangled web we weave,when first we practice to deceive !! Fri 06 Feb 2009 08:32:07 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=6#comment4 In the early days of this government the then Chancellor of tthe Exchequer was fond of announcing great rafts of spending promises.It was then found that he had often just been repackaging many of them and announcing them again as if they were new initiatives; an early version of a poisoned asset!Quite obviously, leopards do not change their spots! Fri 06 Feb 2009 07:58:23 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=4#comment3 maybe its about time all government statistics were re examined, because nothing they produce these days is correct.The figures get thinner and thinner as stabbings are put forward in different categories making the picture harder to follow and less informative to the truth of the situation, as the lines between are so easily smudged or in labours case fudged all to often to fit an agenda.We should forget about knife crime as its only a percentage and have a stabbing crime as all to often the bottle proves mightier than the blade. Thu 05 Feb 2009 23:11:55 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=3#comment2 The Labour government is still suffering from the monumental hangover after the glory days when Blair and Campbell thought they could get away with any amount of media manipulation. The straight faced promises of Mr.Brown to address this have come to nothing. Open government - if they still call it that - has proven to be simply opening multiple channels through which so many variables can be fed that it is nigh on impossible to get to the truth. The old days when government took place behind closed doors and leaked through carefully orchestrated briefings have given way to a mechanism for sewing utter confusion.The one thing that has remained consistent is the perception that government really does not trust the people who elected them to office in the first place. It can hardly come as a surprise to them to find that the distrust is mutual - unless of course they really are as stupid as they are devious. Thu 05 Feb 2009 22:43:08 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=1#comment1 #1 flawedlogicAmen. Pity the mods are so slow tonight. Thu 05 Feb 2009 21:39:31 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/02/knife_crime.html?page=0#comment0 I have posted before on Nick Robinsons blog about his naive belief in believing anything that the Home Office claims in it's press releases.Clearly Labour have been liberal with the facts, this does not surprise me, however, it is with great relief and amazement that a BBC journalist has managed to get away from the common purpose mindset of most of your colleagues, and highlight the glaring holes in Labour's fairytale!. Thu 05 Feb 2009 18:47:07 GMT+1