Is the government doing enough to tackle rising crime rates - why/why not? What measures would you like to see to make you feel safer on our streets? Would you support targeting funding towards fighting crime? How big of a priority should it be compared with other issues in this country?
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00:00Is the government doing enough to tackle rising crime rates?
00:04Well, I don't think any government has really.
00:06I don't think the Conservatives have.
00:08We haven't really given the Labour a fair track of the whip yet.
00:13I'll be quite frank, I'm a Labour voter myself.
00:16But having said that, it remains to be seen what they would do.
00:21I mean, successive governments, I feel, have failed us.
00:24No.
00:25Well, I'll be careful.
00:28Their recent display of dealing with the riots is what we should have seen years ago.
00:35With 196 people already in prison, we should have seen that years ago.
00:40So the answer is yes.
00:41I would like to see more police on the street, walking the street, on the beat,
00:46rather than in cars.
00:49I mean, the thing is, I think there's a real need for police to be walking the streets.
00:55They can see much more of what's going on.
00:58They can chat to local people.