Phew

I have to confess that it is a huge relief that thankfully the looting and rioting in London seems to have stopped. What kicked off on Saturday as something that you heard on the television was too quickly something you were seeing on the street's all around you. With the whole of Liverpool Street Staions shops closed by 1700 on Tuesday evening, one can't help but realise that this past week has affected the economy far more than the day it dipped due to the Wills & Kate Royal Wedding.

By Wednesday and Thursday Evening you could really feel a police presents everywhere. People mover vans and riots trucks passing up and down every street within a few minute invervals. The news reported that the Metropolitan police had some 16,000 officers on the streets on Tuesday evening.

Of course they are still talking about cutting the police forces by some 20% which seems crazy considering the recent events.

The longer term problem is not how to stop the troubles but how to prevent it happening again. For years we have known the youth show no motivation to really aspire to great things. How can we restore that in our young people?
I remember when I was a child we all had dreams of what we wanted to be. A Vet, a Nurse, a Doctor, A Policeman, A Teacher. Everyone had their own aspirations and we strode towards those goals.

Lets hope that the powers that be can find ways to motivate our youth once more.