more than a decade ago so this week we asked the former scottish justice secretary kenny macaskill what these lessons really are whether they can be applied south of the border the mere underbid the home secretary can recognise that the underlying solutions need addressed equally balance it with the public reassurance when london can get through this but the got to address underlying reasons equally the also got to be able to give reassurance to young people who are frightened at the moment that they will be protected the policeman but they are to make sure that the person who might use a knife will be detected but first your tweets messages and emails in response to last week's show alister says is anyone keeping kind of the number of scottish initiatives that have since been copied by westminster or the labor party i have no idea maybe you could start a list it's a good idea faces really enjoyed this episode what an inspiration prince says dr mark prince will be most certainly was to mark says once again tackling issues bereft of westminster water cracking shools guard mackenzie also

way to move forward but will this make the difference that many hoped for alex turned to kenny macaskill scottish justice secretary from two thousand and seven to two thousand and fourteen who presided over the has started decline in one in scotland. kenny macaskill welcome to the exile issue. as the knife crime crisis has escalated in london and elsewhere than in england there's been a lot of calls to adopt the scottish system sometimes called the glasgow system you must over an element of pride amid this crisis that people are looking north for a solution well i think so because it was a crisis but i think scotland can hold its head high and individuals deserve credit john connor and calm mccluskey these were people who were instrumental in the violence adoption you did at least mostly police officers and brought in do tend to medics against violence and i think the lessons we learned in scotland are being looted not sensibly i think though here in england with by the media no by the home secretary that has to be dealt with in terms of our longer term strategy but i think we also have to rememb

crime pioneered in scotland more than a decade ago so this week we asked the form a scottish justice secretary kenny macaskill what these lessons really are whether they can be applied south of the border the mere under did the home secretary can recognise that the underlying solutions need addressed equally balance it with the public reassurance when london can get through this but they've got to address underlying reasons and equally they've also got to be able to give reassurance to young people who are frightened at the moment that they will be protected the policeman but they are to meet sure that the passion who might use a knife will be detected but first your tweets the messages and emails in response to last week's show us to says is anyone keeping kind of the number of scottish initiatives that have since been copied by westminster or the labor party i have no idea maybe you could start a list it's a good idea faces really enjoyed this episode what an.

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