I was walking down the pavement the other day with a friend - A 75 year old man, I am a 53 year old man out of interest - when three young girls in front of us decided they were going to wind us up. They were around 12-13 years old. They all stoppped stock still and held out their arms, telling us we could not pass. My friend gently moved one out of the way by pushing her by the shoulders to one side.

The girl instantly began to scream about sexual interferance and how my friend was an old pervert. Now, two things instantly sprang to mind. Firstly it was a big worry that these young and very manipulative girls could land me with a whole heap of trouble completely out of my control. The second was a worry about the safety of these girls. What if we had been, for instance, a pair of crack-heads? What if we had really been paedophiles?

In answer to the question in the thread I don't know what is happening in the UK. But whatever it is I don't think I like it:-(