[danielf]

Originally Posted by martyh

I agree ,we have tried moving the problem in the past and it doesn't work My estate is one that that was ostly pulled down and the tenants moved to others in a bid to stop the problem of gangs ,all that achieved was the gangs in a different area .At the end of the day they have to live somewhere .

If we have to spend a shed load of money (again) on inner city areas then so be it but i suspect that it isn't a simple as throwing money into these areas and hoping the problems go away as labour did (and i'm not scoring political points it's a fact).
We need to start in the home and address why some parents are lacking the skills to bring up their children with respect and morals .We have i fear lost a generation to crime and a life out of work because we as a society allowed it ,we failed to spot the signs early enough and now have at least one generation of children and young adults with substandard education ,next to no morals and no respect for law and order.
I am not going to pretend i have any of the answers but i suspect the reasons behind these events are many and varied and will not be a quick fix but whatever we do we have to have a government with some different thinking (lets hope the present government are up to it) .We have tried throwing billions at the problem it hasn't worked so a different aproach is needed one that will educate the children properly ,give them a stake in society ,give them an alternative to living on the dole and being forgotten about and above all we need to resist the temptation to give up on the younger generations ,we need them as much as they need us .
It is a failing of the older generations that we have these problems and we need to realise that

That's the one.