Sunday, February 7, 2010

Britain's "broken society"


Through a glass darkly

In a recent Economist article, Britain's broken society, it talks of Britons crime rates past and present and what politicians can do, plan to do, and have done. Most recently Conservative Party leader David Cameron said that Briton had a broken society siting recent brutal crimes by children to children. He goes on to say that the UK is dealing with a "Social Recession". Apparently the people of Briton agree with 71 percent of people saying the UK was becoming worse, this was before the recession. And fear of Crime has become the biggest problem for voters. Ironically the statistics don't back the people up, in fact criminologist are saying that over the past fifteen years crime has fallen in all walks of crime. Domestic violence has been the greatest effected with a 70 percent drop since 1981, it is believed to be part of Britons formerly good economy, taking men away from the home and allowing women to leave if they need to. But crime has also dropped in non-violent crimes, although criminologist account for increase in housing security in recent years than governmental policies. Oddly the day before Mr. Cameron's announcement, it was reported that homicides was at a 19-year low. Child murder has gone down as well, this is attributed to the social services and police working hand in hand. what many believe is the reason behind Mr. Cameron's promulgation is the more and more non-conservative themes brewing in England, in five years more babies are expected to be born to single mothers than married families, and living alone has "more than trebled". This shows the transparency of Britons political statistics, the involvement of voters and the opinions of the politicians coming up for elections soon. It also has an effect on the stability of society in Great Briton and its changing electorate.
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