More touchy feely wimpy (rolling post)

Alastair Campbell tweets

Recall of Parliament raises expectations of policy or legislative change. Start with reversal on EMAs, Sure Start cuts and Social Excl Unit

This is wrong in so many ways.

First, there is no spare money.

Second, even if there was, rewarding the lawless is the worst possible answer. If you're going to reward anyone, reward those who were robbed, those who were burned out.

Money is not the answer for these looters. The EMA? Wholly irrelevant. 13 year olds don't get the EMA, looters of plasma tv's who drive Golf GTIs don't get the EMA.

The policy/legislative change isn't more taxpayers' money for the underserving, the Labour way, but realistic toughness.

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Sir Hugh Orde says the violence needs to be stopped before wider issues in the community, such as the rebuilding of trust, can be addressed.

The trust that's been lost is taxpayers' trust in the police to protect them and their property, not the trust of the looters out on profitable jollies.

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Professor Gus John of the Moss Side Defence Committee in Manchester tells the BBC News Channel the young people involved in the unrest have lost hope in their futures.

We're dealing with a betrayed generation of young people. They have been marginalized from any debate about the country's future and they are making themselves heard on the streets.

Tripe. Anyone is free to join in a debate on the country's future. Anyway, what future does the Prof think they want? A future with free tv's, trainers and burgers.

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Kids Company founder Camilla Batmangelidgh tells Radio 5 live's Richard Bacon that the people rioting are the "ignored underclass" and that this is them "taking revenge".

Ignored in just what sense? What would count as them not being ignored? In what sense are law abiding teenagers not ignord while the looters are?

Camilla is talking as much whiny rubbish as the mad professor.

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