Dr Richard North writes...

The fact remains, though, that in the recorded history of rail travel, since the very first passenger railway journey in Darlington on 27 September 1825 – almost exactly 200 years ago – there has never been a report of a white man running amok with a knife.

The phenomenon of multiple stabbing in trains has been noted in Europe, with episodes in Paris (a Malian national) and Marseille (Tunisian illegal immigrant), as well as Germany (a mentally deranged white woman of unknown origin).

With continental bad habits now encroaching on our shores, little Olukemi Badenough says there is “clearly something going wrong with our society”, adding: “We cannot be a country where people are innocently going about their business and facing this level of violent crime. It’s abhorrent, and it’s not something that we used to see before. What is causing it?”

Indeed, I wonder what that can be. Only with Huntingdon has mass train stabbing become a British value. Barring another deranged white woman, I suppose we must look forward to embracing this as another epic benefit of diversity.