ASBO: they’re order of the day

THE Tory Party slogan for the British General Election on May 5 runs: Are you thinking what we’re thinking?

Who exactly is the who there? Well the British Labour Party, for one. The Liberal Democrats, too. And you might as well throw in most of our lot, too. Fianna Fáil. Fine Gael. The Labour Party. The PDs. Only the Greens have expressed reservations.

And what are they all thinking about? Well besides saving their skins at the election, they are thinking about how to tackle a phenomenon that Pat Rabbitte characterised as nothing less than something that “threatens the very fabric of society.”