Tags:
Journalism of Courage
Cherie Blair, the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has confessed that she fears for the safety of her children when they go out on the streets in the UK.
Cherie’s comment was seized upon by Britain’s Opposition Conservative Party, who described them as a “sad indictment” on the failure of the former Labour premier’s 1997 promise to get tough on crime and its causes.
“As a parent, I am concerned about knife crime and what happens when my children go on the streets,” the high-profile lawyer, who has four children, was quoted as saying by the The Daily Express.
Cherie demanded that the authorities arrange for “high-profile policing” to “harry” knife-carrying thugs, the report said.
According to the British tabloid, she told a top panel of the House of Commons that pupils were fearful of moving to secondary school because of the knifing threat.
“Many were telling me they were frightened about going on the streets of London,” she told the Commons Home Affairs Committee in her capacity as chairwoman of a Street Weapons Commission set up by Channel 4.
