Does Tony tune in to Immus?

Prepare for the firestorm after PM Tony Blair yesterday said, rather unequivocally, that the black community is responsible for the epidemic of knife violence across the country and that the nation should not pretend "it is not young black kids doing it".

In the process of making this statement he managed to quote the Rev. Nims Obunge of the Peace Alliance out of context. Said Rev. Obunge after the PM's remarks:

"He makes it look like I said it's the black community doing it. What I said is it's making the black community more vulnerable and they need more support and funding for the work they're doing. ... He has taken what I said out of context. We came for support and he has failed and has come back with more police powers to use against our black children."

If Al Sharpton wasn't so busy in New York right now I would suggest that he hop on a plane straightaway, come over here and sort this out sharpish, before it gets out of hand. After all the Rt. Rev. Sharpton has a real gift for conciliation.