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I am considering doing a sort of "Special Report" Popular Front documentary about the insane knife crime epidemic in London. It's getting to the point now where the gang wars are so ferocious teenagers are regularly getting stabbed to death. It doesn't really fit our MO, but I was thinking maybe as a one-off it would work. Still unsure though, so I'm doing a poll. Let me know your thoughts.

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Anonymous

It’s conflict in my book Jake

Anonymous

You are a great storyteller so will make this is as compelling as any other conflict you've covered. And it is a conflict still at the end of the day, albeit it a more unusual one.

Anonymous

It's as viable as any conflict story you've covered in my opinion. Uk rapper and writer Akala has written some interesting things about gangs in the past, highlighting that Glasgow had a similar problem in the 90s, although the vast majority of gang members were white, pointing to the real causes of poverty and lack of opportunity for many inner city estate youths.

Jordan Y Clementi

As a wise Liverpudlian once said "all them kids stabbin each ofver? Fokkin' 'ang 'em."

Anonymous

Maybe a possible collaboration with Sean Williams or something like that

Jordan Y Clementi

Certainly not, I just think it's a funny story. I think shedding light on it would help ground it because I've simultaneously heard "it's a big problem" and "it's not as bad as they make it sound" Probably somewhere in the middle, no?

Kaitlin Wix

Definitely interested

Anonymous

def interested - here in the states we have problems with crime but not like this at all.

Anonymous

It's a conflict between the gangs and the police in essence, what are the police doing to actively stop it, but I'd go into the use of social media like Snapchat which is used to showcase knife acts. How do people feel about the situation in the communities where the gangs mainly come from. Different act of conflict for sure. Plus you'd have a banging selection of music to use for it

Anonymous

It seems to be on the rise throughout the whole of the uk so it could end up being an extremely important documentary tbf

Anonymous

As an American, this is something that gets discussed a lot here in the context of gun control arguments. It's also one of the things that seems the most curious/bizarre about the UK, so I would love to hear the perspective of someone who is actually in Britain talk about it.

Hickman Design & Illustration

This would be interesting to see, there was a lad only 15 who got stabbed to death at the station near where I am in London which was just insane to think about, always wonder why it happened. But yeah would be good to see another viewpoint on this

Anonymous

Listened to this song today and had to think of this thread. You going to do the doc? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJZoiP6BnhU