Crime rates lowered than when Labour came to power in 1997

Article:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7104788.ece

Summary:
Last year, fewer crimes were comitted in England and Wales. There have been less burglaries, robberies and vehicle thefts. Crime rates have dropped by 7% since the start of the year till December. A crime wave due to the recession was predicted but has not happened so far. This drop in crimes has been confirmed by the British police and the British Crime Survey. This drop in crime came combined with a drop in knife and gun crimes. As well as a 21% drop in fatal stabbings. The largest drop was in car crimes. The risks of being a victim of crimes is now the lowest in 30 years, 22%.

Opinion:
A drop in crime rates is always a good thing. Especially the fact that fatal stabbings have dropped is just splendid. Why people even want to stab someone to death is beyond me, the less the better. I do not think this has a lot to do with any political party ruling a country though. As long as there is law enforcement, crime will be monitored and dealt with. Also the fact that the chance of being a victim of crime is now at the lowest in 30 years feels good to me. Even though I still think that 22% is an awful lot.

Nick Clegg scores! 1 - 0 - 0

Summary
In the United Kingdom, the first political debate on TV has been held. Representatives of three of the parties were present. Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats), Gordon Brown (Prime Minister, Labour Party) and David Cameron (Conservative Party). They went into a heated discussion about multiple subjects at hand in the United Kingdom at this moment. Nick Clegg won the discussion if it came to voters with 61 percent of the viewers votes’ which is a staggering victory over the others, especially since the Liberal Democrats are more or less the outsiders within the United Kingdom Government. Nick Clegg represented himself as an alternative compared to the other two and proved himself to be so.

Opinion
I think it is pretty unusual for the Liberal Democrats to actually win this open debate. It will probably mean that if they are chosen to lead the United Kingdom, dramatic changes will be made. After reading the article and watching the debate I feel that Brown and Cameron were more or less just trying to promote their party instead of debating with each other. They also appeared to be trying to take each other down instead of discussing which I think is pretty childish. After this debate, I feel that Clegg had the right to win.


Article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7099159.ece

Video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8624100.stm