IN answer to the letter "Name and shame them" it's not the kids who want naming for having no respect for authority, it's the do-gooders and politicians who are to blame.

They haven't got a clue.

A bit of discipline, the cane or a smack on the legs for being naughty didn't do us any harm and we didn't get up to the crime there is today. I am not talking about abusing our children. How can you stop parents from teaching their kids wrong from right. A lot of crime is caused when these kids grow up a bit through lack of discipline. No wonder we have a sick society today.

The government live in another world. The police have their hands tied. The government spend too much time sorting out problems for other countries. Our kids will probably wonder what we their parents have done to sort the problems out because crime, drugs, the filth on TV and language is a total disgrace. Nobody does anything about it. The salaries some of these so-called leaders of our country are getting for doing nothing is a disgrace. They probably have been to university and think they are better than me, but I can tell them they don't know anything about the working class and how some have struggled though life. This great little country of ours is going downhill fast. God help us.

A Fogg

Watermillock Gardens, Bolton