bloodshed

Hyperbolic comparisons between modern political conflict and the horrific bloodshed of past centuries have previously been the stuff of doomsday prepper threads on Reddit, but this week’s shooting made it a mainstream topic of conversation.

Increasingly divisive rhetoric, fuelled by social media echo chambers and easy access to firearms, leads to raw nerves and a heightened potential for bloodshed.

National Guard to combat what he called “crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor.”

Last week, Israel's security cabinet approved plans to take over Gaza City, a move condemned by Starmer as "wrong" and that it would "only bring more bloodshed".

The closest he came to referencing the conflict was saying that "five, six, seven thousand people a week" are killed and noting that Putin too wanted to see an end to the bloodshed.