Posts34000 Police jobs to be axed 14th August 2011 1:57 PM As it happens we got burgled Friday night / Saturday morning. Tried to break in to the garage door, handle snapped in his/her hand, decided to enter via the rear garden. The back door of the garage was left wide open by yours truly, there must be around 34000 Police jobs to be axed 12th August 2011 3:28 PM Do we really need so many police officers? Pop down to Belgravia Square anytime during the week, there's at least 60-80 of them just standing around or sleeping in vans. Now if a burglary was to happen on the Broadwater farm estate in Tottenham, you'll be lucky to even get a visit by a PCSO... Still we're all in it together. So if they have to be culled so be it. And the one that gave me 3 penalty points for speeding, I'll certainly have no sympathy for  Riots 12th August 2011 3:09 PM “But are we really more affluent? The state pumps money into nearly every home in one form or another? Christ, we even got given a Riots 12th August 2011 8:17 AM “Although there is no doubt that the youth of today are emerging into the worst economy for decades and some areas, especially in the inner city, are seriously depressed, I'm afraid that I can't find it within myself to accept that as an excuse for what's going on. I grew up in Nisbet House in Hackney and my parents had no spare money at all. I had a normal comprehensive school education and left with some O levels. I've never taken part in a riot, trashed a shop, sold drugs or murdered anyone, but I grew up with those that did. At 22 I got married and started my first business. At 27 I bought a hotel in Scotland (that was in 1989, just before the last recession) and at age 33 I lost the lot. I still didn't go out on the streets and riot. 4 years ago I started a property business and the government gave us another recession, which seems to have put paid to that as well. Did I go out and trash my local town? No. I started another business in a different field. The riots have nothing to do with the economy, the university charges or whether these toe rags had toys as a kid. It has to do with wanting something for nothing and seeing an opportunity to get it. One of the guys arrested for looting I saw on TV today is a teaching assistant. That hardly fits the profile the bleeding hearts are whining about. Unfortunately people want everything now and they don't want to work for it, and while the police are seen on TV standing by and watching while businesses are robbed, then they will sieze the opportunity to upgrade their i-phone while it's available. It's time we stopped worrying about 'inflaming the situation' and started using the same tactics they used to clean up New York. Zero tolerance is the only answer to thugs and I'd use the army to back up the police and get the job done. I would also make it impossible to sue the police or army personnel brought in to arrest the rioters and a minimum Riots 12th August 2011 7:18 AM Well according to the PM if your a business owner and you've had your business trashed "We will compensate you" anyone believe that? Riots 9th August 2011 11:06 PM Might be a bit contraversal here but hey we can't all think the same... I think personally that the youth of today have been let down by society as a whole, very few have any real prospects for the future of any kind. At the moment their 16-18yr olds soon there'll be 25-30yr olds still in the same boat as they are today. There are no great manufacturing industries left in the UK, training of any kind costs them money, going to University will put most into debt, they've got no chance of ever getting on to the housing market or even social housing come to that. Basic school education lets them down and to much emphasis is spent on using computers rather than other skills like woodwork / metalwork / maths / english / science all kids can't become IT consultants / web designers / and seo guru's. I'm not making an excuse for the damage and mayhem they are causing, but the youth need something to aspire to currently they have nothing. I work in a few of the Connexions offices in London, 2 weeks ago I was working in the Camden office, I asked them how the job market was for the kids. The response was " there are no jobs for them, and we've all been made redundant"! Now turn the clocks back 20, 30, 40 years and tell me what your prospects were when you left school. I left school on a Friday with no exams to my name, on the Monday I was in work. Don't get me wrong I am genuinely sorry for the guy's who through no fault of their own have had their businesses trashed. 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