Its a depressing picture OK but true. Here in Fife, young thugs marked an old woman's back with chalk as she collected her pension so his mates outside knew who to mug. The tourists don't see too much of it though as a lot of it (but not all)happens well away from the bright lights. People have no respect.

I was in New Zealand recently and was very impressed at the amount of respect the Kiwis show for each other and for their environment. After the Auckland festival, where there were up to 800 people camping all weekend, there wasn't a scrap of litter left on the site on the Monday morning. All over the country it was the same. Maybe the fact the sun was shining made a difference. Maybe its because they grow up in space, not all huddled together in Scottish style housing. Who knows? The irony is, many of them think Scotland is a great country