As gangs of youths run riot in Clapham for second night will Scotland’s plummeting anti-social behaviour figures cause a problem for media operating in ‘SNP soft touch on crime’ Scotland?
In the Telegraph and other media today, the above story and:
Another day, another mini-riot, as gangs of marauding youths run amok – this time in Clapham, south London. A few days ago social media was full of footage of what seemed to be teenagers (they were all in hoodies so one can’t be sure how old they were) causing chaos in Wolverhampton, throwing eggs at anyone they could find. Video then emerged of hundreds of young men and women rushing a streetwear pop-up shop in Soho in central London. The footage was notable only for being not remotely notable; there was nothing in it that was in any way surprising to anyone aware of the miserable reality of modern Britain [sic].
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Media operating in Scotland have so far not been able to find evidence things are just as bad here. Perhaps this is why:
The unpleasant truth is that we can expect to watch more videos like the one from Clapham last night. It shows the truth of modern Britain [sic], and exposes just how lawless we have allowed our country [sic] to become.
Media operating in Scotland have so far not been able to find evidence things are just as bad here. Perhaps this is why:
Anti-social behaviour in Scotland plummets to half what it was under Scottish Labour in 2007
From Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2024-25 published in June 2025, we see massive reductions in all forms of anti-social behaviour, an overall halving and major reductions in every type.
In 2007, while classification differed then, the figure was around 94 000, TWICE that today.
Talking-up Scotland 