When Idris Elba speaks, people listen. In January 2024, he kicked off the New Year with a protest outside Parliament. His subject of choice? Knife crime.
Shortly after, the government announced that it would be closing a loophole in the law, and forbidding the sale of machetes and zombie knives. It’s a rare triumph in this story of institutional failings – and one that Elba’s clearly held close to his heart for a long time.
