Derek27 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:33 pm
Archery1969 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:26 pm
Derek27 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:16 pm
Starmer's committed to halving violence against women and girls. Surely that means he's committed to ensuring 1000s of women and girls are attacked.
No Derek, believe it or not I am sticking up for a Labour PM.
He is referring to the 94,683 sexual offences, 144 killings and 72,418 rapes. So, basically, he is commiting to halving those numbers. Not perfect by any means of the imagination but a start, if he can achieve it.
I realise that, which is why I used a
, but it's not the way I'd phrase it. It needs to be reduced as much as humanly possible. It's pointless having targets.
He should learn from Sunak's mistakes. Fail to meet a target and you get crucified by the press and the public. Meet a target, nobody cares and you have to keep bragging about it until people are sick of hearing it.
While it’s appalling, within Europe, the countries with the most recorded violence against females is Malta, Finland, Sweden and Austria. Worldwide it’s Brazil and Russia. Not trying to excuse the issue but it’s not just the UK with the same issue. Maybe not directly linked or indeed relevant but all those countries share one thing in common being highest suicide rates among males in the world.
But you’re right, it’s dangerous to put targets forward. Austria and Sweden have been trying to reduce these high numbers for over two decades and unfortunately, so far have failed.
I’m not an historian or physiologist but I suspect the same thing happened BC, AD and right upto present day.
Answer, more police on the streets, not in cars but walking the beat, like they use to when I was growing up in the 1980s etc.
France is a bigger country but roughly the same population. But has 140,000 police and 269,000 soldiers. They have just deployed 79,000 armed officers for the olympics. The UK could never do that, not by a long mile. But that would cost a fortune and unfortunately everyone comes at a price and is costed.
