Lammy, the Labour Party, crime, illegal immigration, two tier policing
The state of the country in terms of crime - committed and prevented - seems to be in major decline and David Lammy, the Labour Party Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor must surely acknowledge a major responsibility for this state of affairs.Recently two Jewish people were killed and three left in a serious condition after a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester.The suspect, who was shot dead at the scene, has been named as 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent.At the time of the deadly attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Al-Shamie was on bail after being arrested on suspicion of rape.A post on Faraj Al-Shamie's Facebook page, which had been verified by the BBC but has since been removed, appeared to praise the 7 October attack by Hamas.Who authorised his citizenship ?Why was he not on the Prevent list ?We are now reading how prisoners seem to have been given the key to the door of Wandsworth Prison and some have gone missing.Police are continuing their manhunt to relocate Algerian national Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, a sex offender who was mistakenly released from prison on Wednesday 29 October.And finally the 'boat people'.The cumulative number of arrivals this year is 36,954.Where are they ?Over the last six days four serious crimes were carried out by illegal migrants have been reported.Safi Dawood, 22, is accused of one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and possession of an offensive weapon.Somalian national Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur, 47, who entered the UK illegally, knifed father-of-three Gurvinder Singh Johal, 37 at a Lloyds Bank in Derby shortly after complaining about his asylum application being rejected. Deng Chol Majek, was found guilty of the unprovoked murder of Rhiannon Whyte, a British mother who worked at the asylum hotel where he was staying. Shafiullah Rasooli, 29 - remains in custody awaiting sentencing for sexually assaulting two women while he delivered takeaways to their homes in Maidstone, Kent. Finally we have a situation in Birmingham where Muslim protesters, likely of Pakistani origin, have forced the obviously weak hand of the West Midlands police to enforce the banning of Tel Aviv Maccabi fans attending the EUFA Europa League match against Aston Villa because the Aston Villa Safety Advisory Group, a multi-agency group led by Birmingham City Council, recently reviewed its original decision to ban away fans and upheld it.None the less, protests are planned at nearby Aston Pavilion on the night by the Birmingham Palestine Coalition, who want Israeli teams out of UEFA and FIFA competitions.How soon will it be before Millwall supporters are banned from games against West Ham and Leeds expelled from the Premiership because of its Jewish associations ?When are Lammy and the Labour Party going to step up to the plate and get a grip on crime, and illegal immigration and two-tier policing ?
John Hawkes ● 52d