The Britons continue to fret over their violent crime problem.

Mr Howard said that since Labour came to power in 1997 gun crime had doubled, robbery was up by more than half and violent crime had risen by 83 per cent. Last year it reached the one million mark for the first time - more than 100 violent crimes every hour.

What else happened in 1997? If you said guns were banned, go to the head of the class.

So how do the Tories want to fix the problem? Build more prisons. (Some Britons are already prisoners in their own home.)