Saturday, 22 June 2019

BBC QT 20th June 2019

The main issues that were covered were Boris Johnson, Brexit and Knife crimes.

I think that most of the good contributions to the show came from Tim Martin, the guy that owns the Weatherspoons pub chain. He pointed out some of the big issues with the EU and how making a clean break wouldn't be so bad.

My contribution to the discussion would be that I am clear on what causes most of the knife crimes. Young men are enticed into joining gangs because they see their parents working extremely hard and struggling to pay all the bills and they don't want that lifestyle. The gangster lifestyle offers to grant their dreams, nice cars fast money and financial freedom. They know that selling drugs brings big short term rewards. The gangster lifestyle comes with risks of death and prison but it is a risk that many young people are prepared to take. I think that parents should put their money together and pay for a bus service that takes their children straight home from school. The children need to be kept away from gangs.

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