ANOTHER WEEKEND AND MORE VIOLENCE.

In what should be a haven of calm, the East Midlands of the UK, rarely does a weekend pass without a murder being reported. This last weekend we had three. So, how is it that we are informed regularly that violent crime figures are going down?

If ever a nation has lost it's way, it is Britain. Almost every newscast is led by the word cuts, although such savings are essential if we are serious about recovering our self respect. Violent crime, however, appears to be way down the list of priorities, when it ought to be the subject to raise the most emotion. Neither savings nor MP's dalliances, no matter how important, compare to the loss of human life. We get the usual apologies from the local constabulary, that naturally they are learning lessons. It really is pathetic.

One would presume that a major ingredient in this deplorable situation is weak law. Life becomes cheap when a perpetrator can almost get away with serious crime. Just as with property, we tackle the problem from the wrong perspective; making loans cheaper, with low interest rates and small deposits, when it's the price of housing which is much too high.


AND WE DON'T SEEM TO LEARN