Brits sure do love their CCTVs

Phoenix · 08-03-2009, 11:09 AM

Daily Express | UK News :: Sin bins for worst families

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THOUSANDS of the worst families in England are to be put in “sin bins” in a bid to change their bad behaviour, Ed Balls announced yesterday.

The Children’s Secretary set out £400million plans to put 20,000 problem families under 24-hour CCTV super-vision in their own homes.

They will be monitored to ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals.

Private security guards will also be sent round to carry out home checks, while parents will be given help to combat drug and alcohol addiction.

Around 2,000 families have gone through these Family Intervention Projects so far.

But ministers want to target 20,000 more in the next two years, with each costing between £5,000 and £20,000 – a potential total bill of £400million.

Ministers hope the move will reduce the number of youngsters who get drawn into crime because of their chaotic family lives, as portrayed in Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless.

Sin bin projects operate in half of council areas already but Mr Balls wants every local authority to fund them.

He said: “This is pretty tough and non-negotiable support for families to get to the root of the problem. There should be Family Intervention Projects in every local authority area because every area has families that need support.”

But Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling said: “This is all much too little, much too late.

“This Government has been in power for more than a decade during which time anti-social behaviour, family breakdown and problems like alcohol abuse and truancy have just got worse and worse.”

Mr Balls also said responsible parents who make sure their children behave in school will get new rights to complain about those who allow their children to disrupt lessons.

Pupils and their families will have to sign behaviour contracts known as Home School Agreements before the start of every year, which will set out parents’ duties to ensure children behave and do their homework.

The updated Youth Crime Action Plan also called for a crackdown on violent girl gangs as well as drug and alcohol abuse among young women.

But a decision to give ministers new powers to intervene with failing local authority Youth Offending Teams was criticised by council leaders.

Les Lawrence, of the Local Government Association, said they did “crucial” work and such intervention was “completely unnecessary”.

Haha, soon V for Vendetta will be a documentary.

Haus · 08-03-2009, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix

Daily Express | UK News :: Sin bins for worst families

Haha, soon V for Vendetta will be a documentary.

No, it will be an instructional "how-to" video.

Snugglebear · 08-03-2009, 11:56 AM

Closed circuit TV shouldn't be in the home, but it has some positives as far as crime prevention. I was heartened when that poor guy got accused of rape in the UK, but the CCTV footage cleared him and his crazy bitch accuser went to jail.

Alamando · 08-03-2009, 12:14 PM

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THOUSANDS of the worst families in England are to be put in “sin bins” in a bid to change their bad behaviour, Ed Balls announced yesterday.

This can't go well.

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Mr Balls

...Yup.

Salshun · 08-03-2009, 01:22 PM

Dibs on watching the families with slutty 18 year old daughters still living at home.

Quineloe · 08-03-2009, 01:53 PM

yeah, the best scenes so will leak to the internet. I'm looking forward to it.

Salshun · 08-03-2009, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Quineloe

yeah, the best scenes so will leak to the internet. I'm looking forward to it.

The clips of them brushing their teeth will be called 'shops, of course.

Korioni · 08-03-2009, 02:59 PM

They're going to release a drug into the air that calms the population, weeds out aggression.

And it will work. The people will stop fighting. And then they will stop everything else. They will stop going to work, they will stop breathing, talking, eating.

They'll all just let themselves die.

About a tenth of the population will have the opposite reaction to the drug. Their aggression response will increase beyond madness.

And then Mal will let the reavers eat all of the Fox executives. The end.

Quineloe · 08-03-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Salshun

The clips of them brushing their teeth will be called 'shops, of course.

What teeth?
Just search the google image library for "British teeth"...

08-03-2009, 01:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
Salshun Holy fuck 7 years already? Where does the suck go? Join Date: May 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,155 -13 Internets	Dibs on watching the families with slutty 18 year old daughters still living at home. __________________ Ever since man first left his cave and met a stranger with a different language and a new way of looking at things, the human race has had a dream. To kill him so we don't have to learn his language

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Korioni Zing! Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,023 -124 Internets	They're going to release a drug into the air that calms the population, weeds out aggression. And it will work. The people will stop fighting. And then they will stop everything else. They will stop going to work, they will stop breathing, talking, eating. They'll all just let themselves die. About a tenth of the population will have the opposite reaction to the drug. Their aggression response will increase beyond madness. And then Mal will let the reavers eat all of the Fox executives. The end. __________________

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08-03-2009, 11:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Snugglebear Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,146 -25 Internets	Closed circuit TV shouldn't be in the home, but it has some positives as far as crime prevention. I was heartened when that poor guy got accused of rape in the UK, but the CCTV footage cleared him and his crazy bitch accuser went to jail.

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Quineloe Hard Rock Hallelujah Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 10,127	yeah, the best scenes so will leak to the internet. I'm looking forward to it.