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Wednesday, 9th July 2008

Spectator readers respond to recent articles

Harry Cummins

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Bad times

Sir: Rod Liddle’s ‘How to get stabbed’ (Liddle Britain, 5 July) was perceptive and spot on in all respects. The last three homicides I attended involved multiple stabbings and sexual assault. All three perpetrators had imbibed vast quantities of lager and had snorted lines of cocaine. They had spent hours clubbing and having what is called ‘a good time’. All three victims had been similarly engaged using skunk cannabis and alcohol.

These six individuals were part of the 24-hour drinking culture, with alcohol available into the small hours in pubs, clubs and supermarkets. Those of us on the front line are seeing more violence year on year. As I write (4 July) yet another south London teenager has been stabbed to death. It is all very well Her Majesty’s Government telling us that ‘overall crime is falling’. This is cold comfort to the parents bereaved by these atrocious crimes.

Dr Robin Moffat

Police Surgeon, London

Consultant in Clinical Forensic Medicine

Brighton, East Sussex

Brown study

Sir: Matthew Parris is only partially right in his analysis of why the deep-rooted deficiencies of Gordon Brown were ignored in his apparently effortless rise to the premiership (Another Voice, 5 July). In fact, his bullying, foul-mouthed temper tantrums were widely known and commented upon for years — not the least example of which was Tom Bower’s biography in 2004. Brown is very good at reducing lesser mortals to tears. One has only to read the account of his first day at the Treasury to understand the combination of ruthlessness, arrogance and ill manners that go to make up ‘Gordon’.

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Anonymous Mark II

July 10th, 2008 8:09am

Instead of simply printing Harry Cummins' letter, why does the Spectator not commission him to write a series of articles on Islam? God knows, this magazine publishes enough taqiyya from Moslems and their enablers, as per the latest drivel about Sharia. I know a great deal about Islam but my statements, backed up by correct references and accreditations to the Koran, ahadith and sira, are not printed in the readers' comments because they illustrate perfectly that there is no moderation in Islam, that it is an intolerant, violent, seditious political ideology and that this continued talking around but never about the subject, is insulting to your readership and ultimately treasonable because it leaves the readership withoout the necessary knowledge to reach certain conclusions and take certain steps to preserve their nation, institutions and security. BTW, I'm not the same 'Anonymous' who in a Melanie Phillips' thread a few days back, also complained of being censored by the Spectator when he/she tried to mention Muhammad. We are Legion, it seems.

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