That's social deprevation caused by cuts and austerity, as people become poorer they become more desperate and inevitably crime will rise. How many less police do we have since the Conservatives came in?

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There are parts of the world where poor people live without anything like the crime rates seen in London.

It's certainly true that large scale inequality in wealth does lead to higher crime.....but there are massive differences in rates between places.

So wealth inequality is nothing like the whole answer in explaining it.....it is multi faceted.

Edited by Stirlingsays (09 Jan 2019 11.48am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

You think it's absolutely nothing to do with absent fathers, youth culture and a breakdown of basic family values? That's so cute!

I agree we need more police on the streets but (1) We tie them up with all sorts of unproductive tasks like diversity training, policing online "hate speech", attending LGBT events, chasing the largely imaginary "far right" etc - stupid stuff (2) When they do go on the streets they are not allowed to touch or search anyone through fear of accusations of brutality etc

We don't respect them and won't let them do their job. Their leaders also let them down massively.

Anyway, I fear we are now way off topic.

I enjoyed watching the Channel 4 docu drama I think you can call it on Brexit with Benedict Cumberbatch. Although it was trying to say leave advantaged with analytics, advertising on social media to the right people and being financed by billionaire Mercer who financially backed Trump, the big message that many people are fed up with this EU project and how certain things affect them and bother them was the focus group when the remainers ganged up on the just about managing Mother who lost her sh1t with them and the remain campaign manager realised this had been brewing for ‘25 years’ and leave had effectively had their campaign running for that long and leave had only weeks to campaign. I’m glad that was in the subtly biased drama rather than just Farage whipping up a frenzy in the other leave campaign.

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Saying that leave only won by a small percentage 52% to 48% I think it was.

A lot of people who weren't eligible to vote in 2016 are eligible now.

Coupled with a lot of the leave brigade might think it's a case of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know and vote remain 2nd time around.

1st stop Germany or Italy, next stop Britain. Romanian criminals and others have children who have children. It’s just adding to the problem, but it if it’s out of sight then maybe people don’t care.

We deserve to decide what we do an when we do it, rather than being controlled and bullied, which in some way would be the 2nd leave referendum message if those trying to undermine democracy and send this country into future generations of anxiety and movement here there and everywhere they may have to take up even if they’d rather not and probably prosperity for even fewer and accept it or shut up for everyone else.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (09 Jan 2019 12.23pm)

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