Originally Posted by Jel

as much as I have little or no time for politicians, he has fucked up slightly by assuming everyone knows the context in which he is using 'knives'. He doesn't mean butter knives, he doesn't mean knives in your tackle box when fishing, or knives in your pocket at work, he means flick knives, switchblades, butterfly knives, butcher's knives while walking the streets, and so on.

^ Not to be taken as in any way standing up for him, just getting people off the wrong context as that's a side issue of him fucking up and not being clear - probably cos it's character limited by twitter (and why politicians shouldn't use it).