CARDIFF, UK. 29th January 2020. Phillip Alisopp is a member of the Socialst workers party in Cardiff. Phillip presented a talk on knife crime and how it can be prevented within youths. Phillip decided to host this meeting because “i have personnaly been effected by knife crimes three times in my life”. knife crime is the highest its been in nine years, with it going from 31,000 in 2010 to 44,000 at the end of 2019. this meeting addressed was that the government and the community can do to help prevent the number of knife crimes.