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					Originally Posted by  Osem
					 
				 
				Nobody said the vast majority were - nationally the proportion is probably small but in certain areas a sizeable proportion of youths are either in gangs or engaged in antisocial behaviour of some sort. These form the underclass I mention. 
			
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 and yet
 
Ben's headteacher, Brian Lloyd, said: "We are all absolutely devastated and shocked, it's a tragic loss of a young man's life.
 
"He had worked so hard to pass his exams and I understand he was looking to do a course at Bromley College.
 
"He was just a normal kid who did normal things."
 
Hardly the sentiments I'd expect to associate with a member of an underclass