Tag Archives: law and order

Sobering Thoughts on Gun Crime

Posted on 28/07/2012 by mikewpaice

Statistical comparisons between the UK and the USA rarely have any real value. You have to adjust the figures to reflect the huge disparity in the size of our respective populations if there is to be any real perspective given. … Continue reading →

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London’s youth, grounded.

Posted on 09/08/2011 by mikewpaice

It’s mid-summer, in the middle of the school holidays. The playing fields are empty, apart from a few people walking their dogs. There has been no trouble here but in the distance, thick acrid smoke rises from the site of … Continue reading →

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War

Posted on 09/08/2011 by mikewpaice

Tuesday 9th August 2011 00:14 BST. I am sitting in my living  room watching my city burn. Five minutes ago explosions and flame leapt through another building in the north of Enfield. The gangs are in charge of London tonight. Trevor Reeve, … Continue reading →

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The Government fiddles whilst London burns

Posted on 08/08/2011 by mikewpaice

Hoards of feral youths have spent their weekend running riot on the streets of London. Despite goading and assaulting our police forces and crippling our local economies, we are still bombarded with words like “disenfranchised”, “disaffected” and “criminalised”. These are … Continue reading →

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