There is a lot of truth in that article, albeit couched in right wing scaremongering. The portrayal of these "deprived" kids as animals is supposed to instill fear of them in us and, I suspect, allow us to treat them as less than human.
As usual Max Hastings supplies no answers to any of the problems he highlights.
What can we (not them, we) do? These are the parents of the next generation, and that too is a scary thought. What kind of parents are they going to make? How do we stop this being a self perpetuating cycle?
I certainly think that, although it starts in the home, school is the first chance "society" gets to affect the lives of most children and dicipline in school is something we must have back at all costs. We also need to address the fact that there are not (and never will be) jobs available for a lot of these young people. Why can't work be found for them whereby they have to work for their benefit payments? If they don't complete their quota, no payment. Maybe some of them would then start to think that if they're going to have to work anyway they may as well try to find paid work.
Where are the politicians saying this sort of thing? We hear talk of clamping down, of curfews, of police presence on the streets, but nothing of a real solution
I have little or no time for any political party, they're all out for themselves, but for goodness sake, surely one of them can come up with some solutions.
