London's Burning

[DanaC]

My point, Ali, is that the leaders of my country are pointing accusing fingers at various different levels of society for the loss of moral context, when they have themselves, as a group, been found with their fingers in the till and somebody else's fingers in their pockets.

Cameron stands there and bemoans the fact that children no longer respect authority. That children no longer have the basic respect for law and rules that their generation respected, and have no respect for those who uphold the laws.

I look at the news coverage of the last few years and I have to ask myself, why on earth would any sensible child growing up in Britain today feel that the politicians who govern them, or the police service that polices them have in any way shown themselves to be worthy of authority and respect?

They are pointing fingers every which way but their own.