A tale of two Dewsburys
David Cameron on the Shannon Matthews case:
The verdict last week on Karen Matthews and her vile accomplice is also a verdict on our broken society. The details are damning. A fragmented family held together by drink, drugs and deception. An estate where decency fights a losing battle against degradation and despair. A community whose pillars are crime, unemployment and addiction.
West Yorkshire Chief Constable Norman Bettison on the Shannon Matthews case:
The community had “moral strength and community spirit – within hours of young Shannon going missing, they were out on the streets, knocking on doors, out with the cops searching, printing off leaflets, having T-shirts printed,” he told Panorama.
See also how receiving benefits makes you evil.
Posted on December 8th, 2008 at 8:38am under Crime and punishment, Tories
Cameron’s Broken Britian discourse plays up to the media, and until now it has scored him some points – allowing him to look tough, sympathetic and determined for change. But he’s playing a dangerous game. Eventually people may get bored of being told they are not good enough. It could well backfire badly.
The man is a tit, broken Britain indeed, doesn’t he realise that for every rant like this he is slagging off his own bloody country.
There is a big difference between offering genuine critiques of a nation and areas of improvement and talking horseshit.