Iain Duncan Smith has just gone up in my estimation

[AtW]

Is there a rude version of the Guiness Book of Records?

Yes, you get it after 10 pints of Guiness.

[xoggoth]

Is there a rude version of the Guiness Book of Records?

[AtW]

Mary Poppins for prime minister is what I say!

Me too so long as become the Chancellor of the Exchequer - low taxes for everyone who pays them and very rough justice for those who try to evade them

[SantaClaus]

A point of order - who did you mean by MP:

1) Mary Poppins
2) Member of Parliament
3) Mont Pellier (a city in southern France)

?

Mary Poppins for prime minister is what I say!

[AtW]

I thought this was going to be another article where an MP blames anyone but himself.

A point of order - who did you mean by MP:

1) Mary Poppins
2) Member of Parliament
3) Mont Pellier (a city in southern France)

?

[SantaClaus]

I thought this was going to be another article where an MP blames anyone but himself.

Pleasantly suprised by this line:

"Whether in the banking crisis, phone hacking or the MPs' expenses scandal, we have seen a failure of responsibility from the leaders of our society."

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Full marks to him for seeing the issues - now let's see him sort 'em out.

I have always had a fair bit of time for him.

[EternalOptimist]

Well, you better get him out of there then 'cos that'll smart like hell in a day or so.

[hyperD]

Iain Duncan Smith has just gone up in my estimation

Well, you better get him out of there then 'cos that'll smart like hell in a day or so.

[Mich the Tester]

BBC News - One in four riot suspects had 10 previous offences



You also need to look at making it easier for people to be both parents and workers. We have some of the longest working hours in Europe and they aren't getting shorter. Flexible working is all well and good but when you have people working 50hrs or more a week to make ends meet and travelling an hour each way that doesn't leave much quality time with the kids however you slice it.

wdds

[doodab]

BBC News - One in four riot suspects had 10 previous offences

Last month the inner city finally came to call, and the country was shocked by what it saw," said the work and pensions secretary.

"This was criminal activity, and it is right that it has been treated as such in the courts. But this response will only take us so far," wrote Mr Duncan Smith.

"We cannot simply arrest our way out of these riots."

He said: "Too many people have remained unaware of the true nature of life on some of our estates."

Many of these "dysfunctional communities ... had become fertile grounds for drug dealers, gang recruiters and violent moneylenders".

For young people in these areas, gangs were filling "a vacuum left by other figures of authority, particularly the family".

This "vacuum of authority" was accompanied by a "distorted morality" that allowed looters to view "an absence of police protection as an open invitation to steal".

You also need to look at making it easier for people to be both parents and workers. We have some of the longest working hours in Europe and they aren't getting shorter. Flexible working is all well and good but when you have people working 50hrs or more a week to make ends meet and travelling an hour each way that doesn't leave much quality time with the kids however you slice it.