Best leave it, Tone, it's a domestic. The Sweeney-style outlook of the police to domestic violence in 1970s Britain is now notorious. It was a "Don't get involved" attitude because "They'll sort it out" and "We've got real villains to catch". ("Oi, you slag, you're nicked!" etc. Yes, didn't we kids of the 70s just love Regan and Carter? Well, I know I did ... that theme tune, the chunky Ford Consul hoving into view, all the fighting/shouting/drinking/fast driving...)

But attitude-wise, things in the UK are ... better now, but not perfect. Two women a week dying because of domestic violence is not perfection.

Amnesty and others in the End Violence Against Women coalition have been pressing the government to establish an integrated strategy to join up and properly finance work to stop violence against women in Britain. No more women "falling between the gaps" - paperwork not passed between social workers and the police, ambulance medics not talking to hospital casualty doctors etc. Action is long overdue and there are rumours that the government is set to announce something very soon ....