By Harry Todd

In Britain, we pride ourselves on the fact that—unlike America—we don’t have mass shootings.

After the Dunblane massacre, we acted quickly and decisively. We tightened our gun laws and made clear that such tragedies should never be allowed to happen again.

But when it comes to knife crime—and mass stabbings in particular—we haven’t shown the same resolve.

Yesterday’s mass stabbing on a train from Doncaster to London is the fourth such incident this year alone. Since 2020, there have been fifteen. Since 1994, thirty-one. And in the reporting year ending March 2025, police recorded approximately 49,600 offences involving a sharp instrument in England and Wales.

That’s not a rounding error. That’s a crisis.

So where is the urgency? Where is the bold action? Where is the........

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