This is the modern world

[ratewhore]

No, not the Jam song.

Two police officers were attacked by a mob in south London when they asked a 15-year-old girl to pick up some litter she dropped.

Linky

This is what 11 years of a Labour Govt have done to this country...

[moorfield]

They've bled us white, the b******s. They've taken everything we had, and not just from us, from our fathers, and from our fathers' fathers.

[dang65]

This is what 11 years of a Labour Govt have done to this country...

Yeah, that's true. Never used to even see a copper on the streets in the olden days. Unless they were carrying riot shields and truncheons.

[Moose423956]

Do keep up at the back. Linky

[SallyAnne]

I'm never getting that song out of my head all day now

And the most annoying thing is, I only know that line (plus the do do do do do do straight after it)...

Bastard.

(which we're allowed to say )

[SallyAnne]

Yeah, that's true. Never used to even see a copper on the streets in the olden days. Unless they were carrying riot shields and truncheons.

Ah yes, the good old days...

http://www.coldtype.net/Assets.07/Es...inersFinal.pdf

[Moose423956]

Ah yes, the good old days...

http://www.coldtype.net/Assets.07/Es...inersFinal.pdf

A lot of good that did.

[SallyAnne]

A lot of good that did.

Well hindsight is 20/20.

[expat]

They've bled us white, the b******s. They've taken everything we had, and not just from us, from our fathers, and from our fathers' fathers.

Forgot to take your medication? Some serious hallucinations there.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

No, not the Jam song.



Linky

This is what 11 years of a Labour Govt have done to this country...

What precisely has the government done (or not done) to make this happen?

NB I am not defending the government - they are (mostly) scum - but I'm not sure you can lay this all at their door.