A WOMAN on Question Time has been praised for saying Scotland is the only part of the UK effectively tackling knife crime. 

The grandmother of 14 told the Tottenham panel that Scotland is the only country "taking a stance".

She said: "The only place that has taken a stance to say they are really going to do something about it is Scotland. They have got off their backsides and done something and you lot ain't doing nothing."

The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, a national centre of expertise on violence, was set up by Strathclyde Police in 2005, the same year Scotland was found to be the most violent country in the developing world. 

It works in partnership with Police Scotland and the Scottish Government.

Saying knife crime has been an issue for 20 years, the woman added: "It's now spiralling out of control and you're sitting round here talking.

"What is it going to take for the MPs to sit down and say something has got to be done?

"Has it got to be your son or your daughter that's got to be killed for you to deal with it?

"We are fed up of seeing our parents crying. As adults we are not supposed to be burying our children, our children are supposed to be burying us.

"I've got 14 grandchildren and I'm so scared, so scared. It's not only London, it's happening in Manchester, Birmingham up and down the UK.

"You lot ain't doing nothing – and this is what I'm working for to pay my taxes to sit down and watch you lot every year take a £2000 pay rise when people are out there suffering.

"Your own soldiers are sleeping on the street that went and served in the war. You lot don't give a damn about nobody other than yourselves."

Twitter users praised the woman for recognising that the Scottish Government takes a public health approach to knife crime.

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