Summary
Avid Cameron was exaggerating. He was exaggerating to make a point. He knows, and we know, that society as a whole is not broken. That would be a ludicrous assertion.
Three teenagers may have been shot in London in recent weeks, with more shootings this weekend, but the Prime Minister was correct when he told Labour's spring conference: "What happened in south London is horrific, shocking and for their families tragic beyond belief. However... this tragedy is not a metaphor for the state of British society, still less for the state of British youth today, the huge majority of whom, including in that part of London, are responsible and law-abiding young people."See the full content of this document
Extract
Seeking an Antidote to Poison of Violence
The difficulty for Tony Blair, and the solid kernel of truth on which the Conservative leader bases his case, is that although society as a whole is not broken, sections of it, small sections, are shattered. And the poison that has destroyed them seeps out beyond the con...
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