It is in the main very political. The last generation (25 years or so) have become so free from reality because 'children' have so many rights these days. they are basically untouchable.
Its not so much just the kids but more the whole of the generation which is so materialistic that nothing else matters.
The nanny state and political correctness in this country now means that anything other than a slap on the bum is outlawed. This may sound like it will help stop child abuse but those who would abuse a child will still abuse a child, whilst those who would give a 'clip round the ear' or a slap on the bum now don't dare.
Couple that with the parents of this generation who will not work for less than '£X' and hour because it isn't worth it. Then complain about 'foreigners' stealing their jobs. It is a contradiction. The 'foreigners' are taking the jobs that the English were refusing to take because it fell beneath their '£x' requirement.
Why do they have '£x' requirement? because these days they must have the instant beautiful house. They have the whole electrics kaboodle in, with games consoles, multiple tellys, every gadget going and £30+ monthly mobile phones.
Then we hear how they are struggling to survive because of the 'cost of living'.
30 years ago council estates didn't have that many cars on them. These days there are loads of brand new cars on them. That is a huge 'cost of living' for a demographic that used to work on the land, or building sites, or factories where they got subsidised transport to and from work. These days they won't do that work. Can't pay for the car doing that work as well as keep their electrical harem going.
Then we have the last government who threw money at all in the form of tax credits. This was all well and good but it escalated as time went on to buy votes. Even people earning 50k were getting them towards the end. We are now at a stage where all the political parties consider less than £30,000 a year to be poor. They say it, everyone believes it and therefore everyone is poor
Then we have the 'poverty' gauge where if your energy bills are 10% or more then you are in poverty. Lets get real about this. If you are that poor you should be prioritising things. What is that 10% comparable to 30 years ago? I would suggest they should not be talking about £ but usage if they want to get this statement clearer. If foolish people who cannot see the wood through the trees choose to have absolute kaboodles of electrics running all day, have every light on in the house throughout the whole dark period and the CH running while they stand with the front door open all day (yes I live on a council street and this is pretty true of most at least on this street) then they are no in poverty. They are idiots who are throwing their own (or in many cases someone else's) money down the drain.
Never mind how the cuts affect them, or how hard done by they are, or how foreigners are taking their jobs, or how there are no prospects for them. Take a lesson from the previous generations who demonstrated about real issues whilst at the same time, tightening their belts.
As to the young girl who suggested that adults don't respect the youth and until they did the youth wouldn't respect adults. Wake up dear. The problem is we have given too much respect to youth and now we are paying the price for it because youth does not understand what respect is. They don't understand it is earnt and they don't understand it is a 2 way thing.
In essence. Its not labour's fault. It is the whole political system's fault. Through political correctness, the nanny state, human rights and the sue/blame culture we now cannot do anything for ourselves, we now cannot be trusted to think, we cannot say what we think because it may offend someone. We cannot suggest some of society are bad parents because we are not in a thinktank that is the only place that 'really knows' what the problem is.
This all needs to change because 30 years ago there was bullying, there were thugs, louts et al. But not on the scale of these days and those thugs and louts only needed an adult or 2 to tell them to 'clear awf' and they did. These days would you dare to tell athem to 'clear awf'? A policeman would walk on his own even on the estates and the kids would respect them.
Its about time the prisons were made prisons. That benefits were vouchers only to spent on neccessities and for bailiffs to go to those on long term benefits and take possessions to go towards the cost of those benefits. Then maybe some people would get back to reality and learn you have to work to get more chances, they do not fall on your lap, You have to earn respect, it isn't a given right, and you have to have morals to be considered an equal to the rest of us.
Andy