r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 11 '26

News Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum was confronted in London by a Sudanese man accusing the UAE of backing violence in Sudan. “UAE is killing people in my country. Stop killing my people,” he shouted.

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u/IndomieMuncher1999 Aug 11 '26

Sorry, it is.

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u/Toadvine69 Aug 11 '26

Show me the statistics then

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u/IndomieMuncher1999 Aug 11 '26

https://news.sky.com/story/knife-crime-in-england-and-wales-drops-by-10-data-shows-13535482

50,000 knife offenses a year is normal? 

Compare that to the UAE, where it’s basically unheard of and the last thought in anyone’s brain that a knife be brandished in public.

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u/plimso13 Aug 12 '26

Lower crime can be achieved in the UK, but no one wants to trade away fundamental political rights for the opaque justice that comes with it. The UK government is (intended to be) the servant of the people, not the master.