Trouble on the estate.

[Jellykat]

Anyone watching?

Yes i am. Its the BBC though so im expecting the usual Tory propaganda.

You may be right there

yes. I grew up in a scheme
I hope the coverage is balanced and sensitive
it will be uncomfortable but unfortunately that's how folks live

I'm watching.

watching too - wondering what the scandal is since its panorama?

2000, that's a helluva big estate...

Yes, i wonder ccc

drug dealers coming up according to the blurb

Pretty depressing so far.

Although I wasn't expecting anything else I guess

Thing is we can see the kids are bored shitless.. Build them a skate park and leave them to it?

its v grim and austere. the asbo lad is a familiar figure on these estates :(

fuck that is depressing, thank god i dont live there. Surely the parents of some of these antisocial kids are to blame?

I grew up on a council estate and bear no resemblance to the people featured

I grew up on an estate too but fuck we 'd never have behaved like that. My mother would have murdered me

its that bad a 15 year old has willingly removed himself? thats v interesting

dont want him to go to school in case people influence him? olwen sounds like some of the barking mums i know who preach ap and homeschool ;)

My best mate lived on a council estate when we were teenagers and it wasnt like this.
These kids just have no hope and they have no light in their eyes.

I don't think all council estates are like this at all... These people on here are an underclass. God help society. Those poor kids don't stand a chance do they?

Started watching this and logged on to see if there was a thread. Feel so sorry for some of the people who live there.

If i lived there i'd need to be off my face to get away from day to day crap

i also feel sorry for the poor kids. The parents are hopeless though.

Sue is particularly loathsome

Olwin is a lazy loser. Feeding off society

Yes, id most definitely describe some of these people as underclass. Isn't that forbidden on mn?

Tis a shame because guaranteed there will be plenty of decent people and families who also have to live there and put up with the shit inflicted on them by probably a relatively small minority.

Jeezus, that Olwen is the ultimate cliched mn benefit scrounger.

No Chippy, they don't. And it makes life so much harder for the more together parents on the estate who have to work twice as hard to keep their kids semi safe.