Miss Tickle
Well-Known Member
Sorry to hear about your poor niece Jed, how dreadful for her. It's a wonder no one was killed.
lol im not telling you ,you might ignore me lol x
Just so I'm clear..I'm not condoning the violence or the riots or the shameless looting, I'm just saying, if you think it has no root, you've been living under a rock.
Before the elections, Nick Clegg (ironically!) warned that if the Tories came in and implemented their cuts, we would see riots throughout the country.
When the Tories announced they were making police cuts, commentators predicted there would be riots.
When youth clubs were scrapped, youth leaders warned that there would be violence as the youth were now on the streets with nothing to distract them from crime.
Nobody listened, and we're reaping the results now.
Montana said:I work in a young offenders institution and we were just as full when labour were in power as we are now. I can't say that the change in government or the drop in youth projects has affected our number of referrals in any way.
I can also say that not all of our young people are from disadvantaged backgrounds either. We have just as many kids from very privileged backgrounds as we do those from the care system or families experiencing poverty.
Opening up a few youth clubs isn't going to distract kids from committing crimes. Kids these days seem to be growing up with the notion that they are untouchable....why?..because in the majority of cases they are.
Lack of respect for themselves, the law, their families and their community coupled with a strong gang culture is the issue here.
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