Comments on: Grant Shapps and the collapse of society http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/grant-shapps-and-the-collapse-of-society/ Politics, culture, surrealism... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:35:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: DogPatch http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/grant-shapps-and-the-collapse-of-society/#comment-2853 DogPatch Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:35:05 +0000 http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/grant-shapps-and-the-collapse-of-society/#comment-2853 You have to admit it does say something about society when there has been a 5% rise in assaults on police in the past 3 years. I think part of it is respect for police but more importantly it suggests to me that police are more frequently dealing with <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5113248.stm" rel="nofollow">violent crime and violent offenders.</a> This is the deep rooted problem. You have to admit it does say something about society when there has been a 5% rise in assaults on police in the past 3 years. I think part of it is respect for police but more importantly it suggests to me that police are more frequently dealing with violent crime and violent offenders. This is the deep rooted problem.

]]> By: Grant Shapps MP http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/grant-shapps-and-the-collapse-of-society/#comment-2851 Grant Shapps MP Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:10:21 +0000 http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/grant-shapps-and-the-collapse-of-society/#comment-2851 That makes you the first person I've come across who isn't surprised that a police officer is attacked at 20 mins then. Says a huge amount about society and I've raised the issue because it's obvious that we need to think about how we improve society, not just pass more and more legislation which deals with the symptoms, but ignores the underlying problems. Best, Grant Shapps MP That makes you the first person I’ve come across who isn’t surprised that a police officer is attacked at 20 mins then.

Says a huge amount about society and I’ve raised the issue because it’s obvious that we need to think about how we improve society, not just pass more and more legislation which deals with the symptoms, but ignores the underlying problems.

Best, Grant Shapps MP

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