The Epoch Times Article Rating

UK Knife Crime Dipped During Pandemic but Blades Still Causing Mayhem

Aug 22, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    54% Medium Conservative

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  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -57% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Mandatory jail sentences were never introduced by the Labour government but the sentencing guidelines in England and Wales for possession of a knife have increased, from two years in 2006 to four years today.
33% : In 2006 John Reid, who was the home secretary in Tony Blair's Labour government, proposed introducing mandatory jail sentences for anyone carrying knives, including a maximum of five years.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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