It’ s Time to Fight Back
David Cameron has rightly identified social dislocation and crime as two of the massive problems of the age and his outline in ‘ It’s Time to Fight Back’ yesterday of the action that a Conservative government will take is valuable.
Action to reduce form filling, more effective police training, honesty in sentencing are among the immediate actions proposed.
Reform of the law on licensing and a curb on irresponsible drinks’ promotions are also mooted. The drinks promotion one will strike a chord with fellow residents of Aberystwyth.
Action on the glorification of gun culture and violence in video games and films and music are also rightly identified as vital.
The setting for all of these reforms is a recognition of the massively important roles of voluntary organisations,of schools and especially of the family in setting standards of right behaviour.
In a domestic setting as opposed to the massive international challenges of global poverty and climate change surely social breakdown or the avoidance of it is up there as one of the most important issues we face as a country in Wales as well as in the UK as a whole.
