Many people here don't live in the areas of Britain that are proving problematic. If you face reality you will see that many areas are powder kegs.

Where do you live, Alan? I live between Keighley and Skipton. I work in Bradford and regularly go out in all three places. Both Keighley and Bradford are amongst those potential 'powder kegs' that you mention and the right wing press are so fond of quoting. Skipton is, possibly, the cultural opposite. Manchester, where I have just moved from and is the home of the unfortunate victim, is multi-cultural to the extreme. The 'change in attitude' of 'ordinary people' you quote is not apparent in any of these areas. The attitude of the ordinary person is just the same. The attitude of the extremist thug is just the same. It is only the press and politicians that are telling us any different.

Cheers

DtG