That's the ticket, exactly what Sir Galahad was hinting at, exploiting a murder to make political points.This is happening in London under the watch of the labour party mayor who has no problem with the inhabitants trying to keep body and soul together under further deprivation of keeping an old jalopy on the road. When knife crime as you put it is par for the course under the watchful eye of the mayor.
The political point scoring is more important than the real issues.