Sorry Speedy , I disagree .
The Council morons who The People voted in know exactly what they are doing .
It is called "Drag everyone to the same level" , also known as communism , liberalism , leftism , and in my very well travelled experience it happens all over the world and is getting worse . Even the good ole' USofA is suffering from it . Problem families--or should we use the proper title of lazy gits -----are deliberately placed not to improve them , but to show the ordinary honest person where their money should be spent , and the honest people pay the taxes happy to see the back of the unwashed .
I remember the estates , Kingshurst and Castle Vale being built on the fields we used to play on , and on the route we took on our bikes to get to Elmdon to watch the planes . We had to stop using that route when one of my mates got attacked on his bike and his bike pinched , and that was in broad daylight . We also had a lot of problems when drunks missed the last bus out of the city centre and spread pee and other stuff along the roads leading to the estates .
It sounds as though it hasn't changed much .
By the way , this is not a political rant , it's just an indication of how you end up as you get older and start to realise the truth .
Mike