The controversial Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, Kim Howells, today lauched a stinging attack on "unacceptably violent" white music, which he believes is responsible for the increasing culture of guns and antisocial behaviour among young white people.

The outspoken minister, who has recently criticised rap and garage music, the film industry, video games, art and television, said that he was trying to "complete the set," by alienating every single group of people that his department is supposed to represent.

His controversial statement comes after the apparently motiveless shooting of an elderly man in Redditch, in the West Midlands. The suspected killer, a white, teenaged boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, is alleged to have said, "I was going to shoot a man in Reno, just to watch him die, but my parents wouldn't let me go to America. I thought Redditch would do."

Mr. Howells told the Daily Mail: "I hear the music my children listen to today, and it fills me with horror... There is no humanity in [the songs] at all; instead, they praise killing and fuel the culture of guns and aggression that exists in this country."

One song in particular attracted the volatile MP's ire - Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

"The entire song is simply a glorification of violence," Mr. Howells stated, whilst his Principal Private Secretary wiped the foam from the minister's lips. "You only have to listen to the lyrics to realise that. 'Mama, just killed a man. Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead.'" The vituperative Labour frontbencher added, "And we have evidence that Freddy Mercury was linked to al-Qaida. Why else would he mention Allah in his song?"

Many of the songs criticised by Mr. Howells have been widely praised by the music industry, despite their violent content, and often despite an obvious lack of musical merit.