London Louts Get £1,000 Jaunt, Lest They Go Mugging?
Hard to credit the folly of those in charge of public spending in London, if what I read in the Guardian is not fake news…
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…that a group of young people deemed to be at risk of getting caught up in crime and disorder during the Notting Hill Carnival were removed from the area and invited to a watersports weekend at a cost of more than £1,000 each.
.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/22/at-risk-london-youths-sent-on-20000-trip-over-carnival-weekend
I don’t think the Guardian would invent such a story, so one’s natural response must be…
WHAT?
…at risk of getting caught up in crime and disorder…?
What does that MEAN?
A spokesman for the Conservative-controlled Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea explained that these are young people who colleagues are concerned may be vulnerable to being victims of violence or exploitation over carnival weekend.”
VICTIMS?
“The emphasis is on safeguarding young people and protecting them from any harm.”
Well they could listen to the Police Federation.
Notting Hill Carnival should be banned for police officer safety, suggests Met Police Federation
‘What other event would be allowed to carry on regardless with so many police colleagues under attack?’
Probably not a bad idea from Mr. Ken March, the coppers’ spokesman, but he’ll never rise high in the police with sch sensible views, not while Amber rudd is Home Secretary!
Bt back to the main story!
If there are bad people out there intent on harming these ‘young people,’ it would surely be a lot simpler just to tell their parents to lock them in their bedrooms!
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Or station a cop at their front doors!
If they are actually ‘at risk!‘
But it seems not exactly clear that the teens on whom the Tories are fawning really are at risk themselves or if they pose a risk to decent people!
Just listen to this man.
Daniel Renwick, a youth worker in the Ladbroke Grove area where the carnival takes place, expressed concern about the ACE scheme.
I dare say he’s not the only one, if rate-payers get to hear of this project!
But hear him out…
He said that although it was preferable to provide positive activities for the group rather than subject them to dawn raids by the police….
WHAT?
Youngsters in danger of attack by criminal elements might be subjected to dawn raids by the police?
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Mr. Renwick doesn’t, unfortunately, go into ANY detail about why such raids might occur. Instead he meanders somewhat, that there were concerns about how they were selected.
“There are questions about whether or not the information on that database [from which participants are selected] is always correct,” he said.
I remain confused.
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But I strongly suspect that these youths got a grand outing, costing a grand apiece, NOT because they were at any risk themselves but because they are known to be of such anti-social character, UK equivalents of those juvenile delinquents described by Obama’s ‘Justice Department as ”justice-involved…”
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….that they were likely to engage in criminal behaviour!
And I wonder why all the civilised kids in their streets, honest boys and girls, who honour their parents, obey the law and have respect for society and the police who serve it…
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But a pleasant weekend away would not go amiss, either!
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…should not be getting the goodies, instead of worthless louts?
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…and why the Conservatives in Kensington have chosen to reward rotten apples in the social barrel!
Better by far to restore corporal punishment, and flog them till they beg for mercy when they step out of line.
Diana is discussing. 
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