Tag Archives: young people

Back to the Future.

05/02/2009 – 3:49 pm

This week The Good Childhood Inquiry reported that children in the UK are more unhappy than their European counterparts. The report concludes that this, and bad behaviour amongst UK children, stems from “excessive adult individualism”.
For as long as I can remember, the media has focused more on the problems with our youth than the positives. [...]

By Lord Taylor of Warwick | Posted in Lord Taylor of Warwick | Comments (4)

Fight the Fear.

17/12/2008 – 5:03 pm

Yesterday, Sean Mercer, 18, and six other gang members were convicted of murdering 11 year old Rhys Jones in Liverpool. The judge, Mr Justice Irwin, condemned the brutality and cowardice of gang culture. He said that the cowardliness and “brutality” of the young killer was to blame.
Whilst I do not disagree with Mr. Justice Irwin’s [...]

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Political engagement

30/06/2008 – 2:41 pm

I want to pick up on a theme Lord Norton has raised once or twice, about the perceived problem of political disengagement, especially amomg the young. You know, the poor voting record in elections, the small numbers who join political parties and so on. I would like to suggest that it is a symptom of [...]

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