Nervousness from Scotland Yard

[TimberWolf]

It's becoming apparent that young people are beginning to realise how truly they've been shafted and left holding the can for the scoffing house owning pension holding grant paid university educated baby boomer ****eruppers until they die and Scotland Yard are getting worried.

The good news though is that police numbers are being cut too, so police officers can join in the riots this time.

We would have got away with it too if it hadn't been for those kids.

[Moscow Mule]

Time to get that shotgun licence...

[OwlHoot]

It's becoming apparent that young people are beginning to realise how truly they've been shafted and left holding the can for the scoffing house owning pension holding grant paid university educated baby boomer ****eruppers until they die and Scotland Yard are getting worried.

The good news though is that police numbers are being cut too, so police officers can join in the riots this time.

We would have got away with it too if it hadn't been for those kids.

In ten years I can see older couples and singles, with no kids living at home, being turfed out of any house large enough to raise a family, to make room for young families. It'll get that bad, either by punitive council tax (once they've done the long-planned detailed survey) or simply by fiat.

If you're rattling about in a house larger than your needs when Labour next get in - watch out!

[Freamon]

Not sure if this has already been posted or not:

[AtW]

Time to get that shotgun licence...

You mean those crippled semi auto shotguns with 4 shots max?

[gingerjedi]

Not sure if this has already been posted or not:

That's terrible, where are the water cannons?

[AtW]

That's terrible, where are the water cannons?

Who needs water cannons when you can nuke whole site from orbit?

That's the only way to be sure...

[DimPrawn]

It's becoming apparent that young people are beginning to realise how truly they've been shafted and left holding the can for the scoffing house owning pension holding grant paid university educated baby boomer ****eruppers until they die and Scotland Yard are getting worried.

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WHS.

[Ignis Fatuus]

It's becoming apparent that young people are beginning to realise how truly they've been shafted and left holding the can for the scoffing house owning pension holding grant paid university educated baby boomer ****eruppers until they die and Scotland Yard are getting worried.

The good news though is that police numbers are being cut too, so police officers can join in the riots this time.

We would have got away with it too if it hadn't been for those kids.

Young people have been shafted, but not by baby boomers stealing from them. When you're suffering, it's easy to blame those who didn't suffer the same way, but it doesn't stick and it doesn't solve anything.

House owning: young people are not holding the can for the fact that baby boomers bought a house. If they can't afford to buy a house, that's not because baby boomers bought a house, it's because there aren't enough houses and/or the young people don't have enough money.

Pension holding: young people are not holding the can for the fact that baby boomers saved for a pension. They are only holding the can for the state pension for baby boomers, as baby boomers did for their parents' generation. But I suspect they'll renegue on that.

Grant paid: young people are not holding the can for the fact that baby boomers got grants to study. Boomers' parents' generation paid for that.

University educated: see Grant paid.

[Freamon]

Young people have been shafted, but not by baby boomers stealing from them. When you're suffering, it's easy to blame those who didn't suffer the same way, but it doesn't stick and it doesn't solve anything.

House owning: young people are not holding the can for the fact that baby boomers bought a house. If they can't afford to buy a house, that's not because baby boomers bought a house, it's because there aren't enough houses and/or the young people don't have enough money.

Pension holding: young people are not holding the can for the fact that baby boomers saved for a pension. They are only holding the can for the state pension for baby boomers, as baby boomers did for their parents' generation. But I suspect they'll renegue on that.

Grant paid: young people are not holding the can for the fact that baby boomers got grants to study. Boomers' parents' generation paid for that.

University educated: see Grant paid.

Or you could argue that the above benefits were bought with illusory wealth created by an out-of-control financial sector (encouraged by the govt) and that since the bubble has burst and the liabilities have been transferred to the public sector, today's young people will end up paying for them in the future through higher taxes and weaker public services, with no chance of ever obtaining those benefits that older generations enjoyed at their expense.

Not that I'm arguing that of course.