tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22057922.post1917575345838032475..comments2023-10-30T14:03:37.394+00:00Comments on Lindylooz Muze: Shadow Cabinet, FPC and Virgin Trains!Linda Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05155438246679688058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22057922.post-16952641762632068202010-01-23T11:24:19.146+00:002010-01-23T11:24:19.146+00:00I did a bit of work for my local MP sorting throug...I did a bit of work for my local MP sorting through some 'family surveys' sent back from the public, which asked questions about (amongst other things) youth crime. The most common comment was not 'castrate the bastards!' or anything else (although the nutter count was pretty high). It was, in fact, that the Government ought to provide 'something for kids to do in the evenings.' For every ten of those, you might get one man (and they usually were men) demanding more police/the return of National Service. Bear in mind that this was totally unprompted. So, from this entirely unrepresentative survey of one marginal (!) constituency, the idea that the public wants 'more police' rather than 'more youth workers' is untrue, although if you framed it in those terms you're likely to get a different answer.Foregone Conclusionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299377986312285047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22057922.post-89856652723372554212010-01-22T00:07:53.375+00:002010-01-22T00:07:53.375+00:00Hi Linda. Agree with your comments about the simpl...Hi Linda. Agree with your comments about the simple need to find something good for young people to do (before they find something bad). <br /><br />You might be interested to know that in Chelmsford we have a brilliant charity working with local young people called Kids Inspire, modelled on KidsCo: http://www.kidsinspire.org.uk/Stephen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323873431145237483noreply@blogger.com