As a victim of violence, I want the government to understand that tackling violence against women involves confronting the education of men and a “culture” that celebrates aggressiveness as a male trait and remorselessly pursues it. And alcohol fuels it by stripping away inhibitions (“The Observer view on violence against women after Bushey murders: rampant misogyny must be tackled”). No area of legislation has been overlooked or shelved more than this.
I am old now but I still don’t feel safe going out at night, on a crowded train coming back from London filled with drunken and over-exuberant football supporters.
