Let’s imagine that you have to look after ten big dogs. They’re Rottweilers – big, healthy, robust animals that needs lots of food and exercise. Taking care of ten such animals would be a big responsibility, and require a lot of time, effort and resources. So you get stuck in as best you can. Unfortunately, [...]

So, apparently one of the London rioters has a day job as a teaching assistant in a primary school. He was arrested on the premises of an electrical goods store, although he had yet to take anything from it. There have been many comments on the rioters and their motivations, including the suggestion that the [...]

It’s interesting to me how viscerally an event like the current London riots can affect people. In 48 hours, we’ve gone from a peaceful, ordered society to a violently disordered one.  A large group of people is bent on destruction and looting, and an equally large group is baying for the first group to be [...]