Well, it would appear the PM is coming up with more ideas to try and bring the problem of the ‘troublesome youth’ back into line. The new idea is to create a group of ‘super nannies’ that will help parents to bring up their children in a more positive way where necessary, and there are also rumours of parenting classes (not always voluntary) for the parents of troublesome teens. Will it make a difference? Well giving parents, particularly young ones more access to help in their parenting can only be a good thing. Should they be forced to parenting classes? I think not as forcing someone to go will probably mean they will not pay attention when there anyway. So what is the answer to the current problem of the troublesome chavs? I think the answer has got to be to give them things to do. The police have been given more powers to move them on, but move them onto where? They hang around in town centres and cause trouble as there is nothing to do. Youth clubs are closing down, public parks are closing down and being replaced by houses and investment in new activity/leisure areas for the young is not exactly visibly increasing. On top of that, the Government has been very quick to ignore the youth and blame things on them when they are not completely to blame, leading to a bad impression of them. Much as I dislike David Cameron, his idea of showing more respect to the young to get respect in return is I believe the way forward.
Also announced today is the fact that the Olympics have gone up in price by £900m. While this is not good, it is not exactly a shock despite those who are pretending it is. Olympics have a habit of going over the original given price, however the return when it takes place will more than pay for it. So how to pay for it is the issue. Should it come from London? Partly as a lot of the return will go to London. However the Government must also pay some as it is their ‘project’. I cannot understand the issue of it costing so much more. Apparently the VAT bill has pushed the price up, but surely the government will give the Olympic authorities the money to build the stadiums, they will then pay the VAT which will go to the treasury, so in theory the government surely will take the VAT back at the end that they paid in at the start?? I may be wrong, maths never was my strong point!
