It IS pretty much broken...
IMO, it's not down to any Government to fix this issue, it's down to society itself.
The fact is that no one seems able, or willing to take any responsibility for their own actions, failures etc, it's always someone else's fault. The PC brigade and the HRC have eroded all sense and justice from society. In law, if it feels wrong, it probably is, holds true. Not necessarily true in modern British Society is it?
By allowing the stupid stuff on telly like Jeremy Kyle, the Wright bloke, BB, it normalises and deifies appallingly bad behaviour.
By allowing alcohol to be practically given away by everywhere, 24 hour hours a day, fuels the idiocy of the undisciplined, irresponsible 'it wasn't me' brigade. We need to get the alcohol back into off-licences and pubs ONLY, and return to sensible drinking hours. TBH, we ought to go further to control the excessive drinking, and look at countries like US and Norway I think that control their alcohol sales more than we do... please correct me if I'm wrong on that.
Many of us come on here and moan that the school is telling you your precious DC can't have their hair in mo-hawks or gelled or whatever. This is exactly where the society learns that rules don't apply... by watching us parents fight the schools tooth and nail for the right for little Johnny to go to school how he likes, with his hair done just so...
It's not exclusively Government that has destroyed moral Britain, it's the general acceptance of the formally abhorrent behaviour into mainstream society, it's subsequent normalisation, and now the glorification of obscene behaviour.
I'm in my early 40s. When I was growing up people moved heaven and earth to keep their dirty laundry private. Now if you have anything that warrants a slot on the JK show, you sell the story to the papers, set up a FB page, write a book and go on an interview tour... Where IS the shame?
This country needs to pull itself up on a short choke chain and get itself back into a more disciplined environment. We literally can't expect MPs to do it, they are too busy picking out the farrow and ball colour for the en-suite to their Duck House. We need to sort ourselves out and then, when we are ready, sort out the MPs. TBH, I'm tempted to suggest that we toss the entire system of both houses, and flush them all. I'd prefer to reduce numbers to more along the lines of the US system.
The change must come from us. To begin with, we need to stop trying to buck the rules all the time, only when it really matters. Little Johnny won't suffer lasting damage if he can't gel his hair, wear a godforsaken earring or whatever.
We need to support teachers in their attempts to stream and discipline our DC.
We need to really look at the effect of horror films and violent computer games on young minds. Repeated exposure to violence means that we accept it. We have to closely supervise and limit what our DC are exposed to. If it's a cert18, they have to wait till they are over 18 to play it. No debate.
If our DC are conditioned to accept extreme violence before they have grown a bloody beard, it holds dire consequences for society if and when they get their hands on drink and allow their hormones to get the better of them.
I know it means that we as parents are not 'Cool', but I'd rather be an uncool mum of an 18yo young man, than a cool mum of a 18yo Defendant, or worse, Deceased.