Belfast ‘attempted beheading’: has the UK descended into anarchy?
6/9/202637 min
After a knife attack in Belfast, allegedly by a Sudanese immigrant, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley react to the news and ask what it means for the safety of our streets.
Elsewhere, Michael Knowles, an American political commentator, joins The Daily T. He examines the murder of Henry Nowak, the crisis in policing and the state of free speech. Plus, Mr Knowles explains why he would back Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, in an election.
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Senior Producer: John Cadigan
Executive Producer: Charlotte Seligman
Video Producer: Will Walters
Studio Operator: Meghan Searle
Editor: Camilla Tominey
Highlights
- How will the Belfast knife attack impact the safety of our streets?
- And US commentator Michael Knowles reacts to the outrage on Henry Nowak case
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsCamilla Tominey· Host0:00
[gentle music] The Telegraph. [upbeat music] Is Britain falling? It was a debate we were already having before this horrific footage emerged of an attempted beheading in Belfast.
Tim Stanley· Host0:16
American politicians say that Britain is coming apart. We speak to one of their most popular conservative commentators, Michael Knowles.
Camilla Tominey· Host0:24
Welcome to The Daily Tea with me, Camilla Tominey.
Tim Stanley· Host0:27
And me, Tim Stanley.
Camilla Tominey· Host0:28
[upbeat music] Tim, we're in Makerfield. We're making a special for Friday about the by-election, and when we arrived here, suddenly our social media feeds began to be filled with, I think, one of the worst videos I've ever seen in my life- Yeah ... of a incident that's occurred in North Belfast. Proceedings are active in the case. A, a man is on the floor being very, very horrifically stabbed, almost beheaded by another man. For legal reasons, we can say no more because there has been an arrest. We don't know more about his background, but it is relevant to this by-election, isn't it? Because as we've been going around the streets here in this town near Wigan, we've been speaking to people who are voting for Reform, we've been speaking to people who are voting for Restore- Mm ... we've been speaking to people who are voting for Andy Burnham for Labour. People are disgruntled,