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Three teenage boys killed, all in the same area of London, two of them in their own homes. An entire nation starts to wonder why this ‘crime wave’ is happening. It might seem strange to foreigners like myself, but you have to realize that in the UK, owning a gun in itself is a crime. Also, the police don’t routinely carry guns, so how can they fight against these boys?

Politicians are jumping on the bandwagon. Armed police are patrolling the streets in South London, but forget it, this is just for cosmetic effect, similar to when we had police all over the place after the July the 7th bombings.

David Cameron is trying to seize an opportunity, by calling for more powers to “compel” fathers to look after their children in an effort to tackle gang culture. Oh please. How do you force a man to look after his kids? Especially when he and the mother don’t have a viable relationship, will forcing them to stay together solve anything? If anything, bringing up a child in an atmosphere of chaos might actually do more harm than good.

First of all, let’s brush Cameron out of the way. His parents were rich, no super rich. He went to Eton, a £25,000 public school. While he was at Oxford, he was a member of the Bullingdon Club, a socially exclusive student drinking society. Membership was invitation only, and you had to come from a wealthy family. Members would dress up in some strange customes, book a private dining room under an assumed name, then physically destroy it. Very large amounts of cash are then offered to the owners to pay them off for the destruction. So, David Cameron always had his ‘daddy’s money’ to help him out when he needed it. So what does he know about living from hand to mouth, struggling to make need meet, and looking after a family at the same time? So please, Mr. Cameron, you may have had a great, rich daddy, but don’t think that makes you qualified to lecture the rest of us about family values.

Take a look at this :

A single crime horrifies the nation and captures the imagination – it is the death of a child. A young leader of the opposition declares that this crime typifies what is wrong with British values. His message is clear – only his election can bring about the necessary change.

The killing – Politician A says – is ‘a hammer-blow against the sleeping conscience of the country’. It is time, he went on, that we accepted we couldn’t have rights without responsibilities’.

Listen now to Politician B talking about another crime. He called for a “complete change in our values” declaring that “we have got to sit up and realize we are running things by the wrong values”.

Politician A was Tony Blair (at the time, shadow home secretary) speaking about the murder of James Bulger in 1993.

Politician B is David Cameron speaking about the murder of Billy Cox in 2007.

Damn politicians. Never believe a word they say.

These killings are symptomatic of a problem that has existed for years. Hundreds of years ago, villages raided other villages, captured everyone they could, and sold them as slaves to the white merchants, for guns and booze. They got drunk, picked up the guns, and went to raid another village to get another fix. In the US, black on black crime tops all statistics. And now, in the UK, where black people are a minority, black on black crime is so prevalent, the Metropolitan police have a specialist unit for it. It’s on the news every day. People coming up with their theories on how to stop it, why it happens, appealing to their fellow black men to stop the killing.

Before you ask, I’m black, so don’t call me a racist. Don’t try and be politically correct, that’s what has perpetuated this problem for centuries.

I don’t have any solutions. But if UK politicians want to figure out what has caused this spate of killings, that’s it, no need to make any cheap speeches to gain popularity. Labour, Tory or Lib Dem, none of you have the courage to say what’s going on, you’re afraid you’ll offend the ethnic minorities.

Gangs are largely a black problem, and you’re going to need their help to solve this problem. But don’t hold your breath, this problem has been around for a long time, and I’m not sure it’s going to disappear soon.

Stevie Gerrard comes to town,
Stevie Gerrard loves this town,
He lobs the ball from 40 yards,
And the glory’s on the cards………..

Football crowds. 44,000 people screaming at the top of their lungs. But what I love the most about football crowds are the chants. All those people thinking as one, praising their heroes, goading the opposing fans, making fun of Jose Mourhino (well, everywhere but Chelsea!), it is absolutely brilliant.

BBC’s Quotes of the week now has a section for the best chants of the week. Some of them are so funny, I find myself giggling at work. Anyway, I felt I had to share the ones I liked the most…….

“There’s only one Harry Redknapp!”
Man City fans to Southampton fans in response to chants of “Glory, glory, Man Utd!”

“We want five.”
Man Utd fans after going 4-0 up at Tottenham.
“We want one!”
Spurs fans reply

“2-0 to the En-g-land.”
Tottenham fans to Arsenal fans during the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final.
“Two nil and you ****** it up!”
Arsenal fans retaliate after Baptista equalises.
“Are you Tottenham in disguise?”
Arsenal fans to Spurs supporters during the Gunners’ extra time win in the Carling Cup Semi-Final second leg.

“That’s why we’re in the Premiership.”
Middlesborough fans after going 2-0 up against Bristol City in the FA Cup.
“That’s why you’re going down!”
Bristol City fans respond after seeing their side pin it back to 2-2.

“We’re s***, but we love our team!”
Watford fans after going 4-0 down to Man Utd.

“We’re not famous any more.”
Leeds fans during their latest defeat to Norwich.

Newcastle fans to West Ham fans: “Going down, going down, going down.”
West Ham fans to Newcastle fans: “So are we, so are we, so are we!”

“You’re just a small club with money.”
Chant by Wigan fans to Chelsea counterparts – seemingly with no sense of irony!

Of course, I had to end it with one about Chelsea