""It's not the lack of education in itself that is the problem when it comes to yobs. Educated delinquents can be just as much a pain, and there are plenty of people who have lost out on education, but who are great to have as neighbours.""

A seriously good point, McG. There is little to choose between the street corner hoodie, and the Eton/Harrow hooray Henry, when it comes to the irritation quotient.

Pejorative tags are inevitably inaccurate, counterproductive generalisations.

You only have to apply a modicum of common sense to realise that the majority of youngsters do not fit within those descriptive parameters, and also that the minority who DO so fit, will adopt the tag as a "Badge of Honour", and wear it with pride. The last thing society needs is for them to have any such unifying symbol.

Dijit