Actor and campaigner Idris Elba has it out at MPs’ response to knife crime.
The government has announced its third attempted crackdown on zombie knives since 2016 in a bid to “close loopholes” in its ban.
When asked if he thinks politicians have a proper understanding of the issues around knife crime, Idris Elba told BBC Breakfast on Thursday (25 January): “I really can’t talk about what politicians think or don’t think.
“Just because they’re a politician doesn’t make them qualified to know what’s going on on the streets.
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“But the streets do, the communities do, the mothers and the victims do, and what we need to do is listen to them as well, we need to understand.”