LAILA CUNNINGHAM: The crimewave sweeping our country isn't beyond repair – if we toughen up

Daily Mail​

2 days ago

I'm a mother of seven. Two of my children have been mugged – one had a knife pulled on him, and both have had phones and wallets stolen on the streets of London.
I've chased attackers myself because the police never showed up. I was a Senior Crown Prosecutor, but I lost the job I loved because I spoke the truth about frontline police cuts, the dangers of censorship, and the establishment's refusal to confront the truth about the rape gangs.
That's why I defected from the Tories. Because, when it comes to law and order, the old parties sold us out to cheap labour, open borders and political correctness. I gave up my career to join Reform and speak the truth – our country's safety is too important.
Britain was once renowned as a country of civility, freedom and hospitality. This is far from where we live today.
Modern Britain is defined by rising crime, lawless streets and a justice system that seems more focused on curbing free speech than on tackling rapists or knife-wielding thugs. Women are afraid to walk alone. Parents hesitate to let their children out of sight.
Something is fundamentally wrong with both our justice system and approach towards criminal prosecutions.
The British people have had enough of hearing about daily stabbings, killings and assaults – and that a foreigner who has raped a woman can't be deported because his 'human rights' matter more than hers. People are jailed for tweets, while sex offenders and violent criminals serve laughably short sentences.
Labour want to go even further. They want to criminalise free speech by pushing an official 'Islamophobia' definition that could make it an offence to criticise a religion. That's not justice. It's censorship.
All the while, we are importing waves of unvetted young men, many of whom do not share our values and show no respect for our way of life. If we speak up, we're smeared as racists or arrested for hate speech.
The state now protects the offender, not the public. It prioritises feelings over safety. Ideology over truth. The result? We live in a lawless Britain.
Reform's plan is clear, simple and essential for protecting this country for future generations. We will deport all foreign prisoners, freeing up 10,400 prison spaces. We'll recruit 30,000 new police officers over a five-year Parliament – and raise standards to ensure they're fit to do the job.
By scrapping all diversity, equity, and inclusion roles and regulations, we'll pave the way to ending two-tier policing. And we'll restore law and order through zero-tolerance policing: Investigating every reported crime and reclaiming our streets with stop-and-search in high-crime areas targeting one in five people.
The crimewave sweeping Britain isn't beyond repair. The problem is, no other party is serious about stopping it. Labour and the Conservatives are complicit in this crimewave. They let it happen, then pretend to be shocked by the consequences.
Reform's goal is simple: To restore the UK's position as one of the safest, cleanest, and most orderly countries in the world.
The Government is supposed to prioritise safety and work for the people. That is exactly what Reform will deliver – a government focused on your safety, not slogans or ideology. A government that always puts the British people first.