Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

[Lost Mango]

Just looked up your John Carnochan fella. Inspiring. Various schools I have worked in have brought in some of these community souls that work with knife crime. Amazing people achieving so many little things on the ground. Impossible to quantify lives saved due to crimes not committed because of these people.

 

[Grays_1890]

Just looked up your John Carnochan fella. Inspiring. Various schools I have worked in have brought in some of these community souls that work with knife crime. Amazing people achieving so many little things on the ground. Impossible to quantify lives saved due to crimes not committed because of these people.

Honestly, it's so so good and so unrecognised.

Genuinely a hero of mine to put hisbhead above the noise and change something like that.

Imagine if he took advise off this forum

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

It is amazing how crime decreases and integration increases when you do give 'more cuddles' - things like properly staffed and funded soical clubs and youth centres, proper funded engagement with schools and local institutions. The economic decisions of the last 50 years has led to almost all of that being lost and lo and behold .....

People want to be seen, to feel heard, to feel they are part of something and the 80s's "there is no such thing as society" neo-liberal creed portends where we are now.

So yeah more cuddles would have more effect than more prison cells.

Mainly because they'll find new role models and people that give a brick.