Monday
Ordinary Britons struggling to get on with their lives are being menaced by a small number of bullies who do not care about the rights of their victims. These 'Tsars', as they are sometimes known, impose themselves and their lifestyle choices on others with an almost psychopathic disregard for other people's viewpoints, and regardless of all attempts by police and others to maintain traditional values.
When the Government's antisocial behaviour tsar was out on patrol with the police on a housing estate last week, she was amazed to find that the officer was handing out sweets rather than enforcing Asbos.
- according to The Independent on Sunday
"Family intervention projects - I really believe this is the approach that will work," she said. "It ain't cheap and it also isn't easy. Basically it's the end of the road.""The priority was to do families, because they have children, first. But we are working on doing something for chaotic adults where the same approach will be taken."
Ms Casey added she was working with Whitehall to adapt the centres to cater for single people.
She said other measures to tackle anti-social behaviour included plans to extend parenting courses across the country, and powers for imposing compulsory parenting orders.
"If you are not going to take parenting help then we are going to make you take parenting help," she said.
As the same interview is (puzzlingly) slightly differently reported by the BBC. Anyone would think that the Indy report did not sound tough enough, and was re-spun for presentation to the Beeb.
Lickspittle:"Family intervention projects - I really believe this is the approach that will work," she said. "It ain't cheap and it also isn't easy. Basically it's the end of the road."
"Family"?
Secondly, if she did "believe" how about risking some of her own money on the "project"?
The best way to resolve this IMHO, is to stop funding dysfunction via the Welfare State.
Posted by TimC at November 6, 2006 10:07 AM
Interesting as my Mother had some involvement in the first of these "Family Intervention" schemes. It initially got funding from the local church diocese who planned to train women in their 50's and 60's so they could run little training courses for teenage single mothers on how to handle toddler tantrums , prepare them for school etc etc. The church provided the church hall one day a week and enough funds to have an instant coffee during the meeting. To start with things went well as the only women on the course wanted to be there. However after a couple of months the scheme was taken over by social services using money from the governments family intervention pot. Then things started to change first the women on the course became "clients" next the social workers announced they would be forcing women on to these courses some of who may have "issues" !! At this point my Mother decided to pull out as did here friends and the scheme collapsed in this city. However a couple of months later the social worker in charge was on TV announcing what a success the courses had been here.
I still can't work out if they know they are lying or if they just choose not to see the problems.
Posted by 1327 at November 6, 2006 10:54 AM
Britain went from being a nation of shopkeepers, to being a nation under the kosh of busybodies.
Posted by Cinnamon at November 6, 2006 12:15 PM
Another one who has never had a proper day job.
BTW,Isnt Louise Casey the one who sang the praises of "binge drinking"?
Posted by Ron Brick at November 6, 2006 12:40 PM
Fortunately Tsars have a nasty habit of eventually having their bullet-riddled bodies dumped down the nearest well. Hopefully in the not-too distant future we will hear of the dreadful Louise Casey, the self-styled 'ASBO Tsar', and one of Blair's fiercest supporters of the abrogration of UK civil liberties, being found down a disused well after having been extensively used as target practice.
Of course this being Britain it might take her a very long time to die, being shot with 0.177 air pistol pellets ...
Posted by Julian Taylor at November 7, 2006 05:10 PM
1327's story is pretty standard. Church runs charity, government comes in to "help", then take over and run it to the ground.
It also reminds me of what currently happens in some places in Oz. Single mothers are forced to go to "domestic violence" group counselling sessions at the shelters otherwise they can't claim the single mother pension. Even if they haven't been abused they have to make it up.
Posted by darkbhudda at November 10, 2006 04:02 AM
