tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post3854543792824769003..comments2024-07-31T14:14:32.925+01:00Comments on Obsolete: A new generation for change?septicislehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-45706607748816728552010-09-29T12:56:13.521+01:002010-09-29T12:56:13.521+01:00Guess I'm still showing my relative youth and ...Guess I'm still showing my relative youth and ignorance there. Thanks for putting me straight.septicislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-1498589672818038762010-09-29T08:59:18.850+01:002010-09-29T08:59:18.850+01:00surely they were right to emphasise that being tou...<i>surely they were right to emphasise that being tough on the causes of crime was as important as being tough on crime itself, not the other way round?</i><br /><br />No - the idea is that Old Labour had always emphasised tackling crime by removing its causes (inequality, extremes of poverty), and what Blair & Blunkett added was the emphasis on being tough on crime here and now. Actually that's a massive simplification - they also added a completely new conception of what the causes of crime are, with less emphasis on poverty and more on the personal fecklessness of the "underclass". The coalition are tiptoeing away from all this stuff; the big test for Ed M. will be whether he can go with them.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.com