Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>The ripples of the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/CostOfLivingCrises" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CostOfLivingCrises</span></a> are starkly revealed in this report from The Observer on how the activities of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/countylines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>countylines</span></a> drug dealers are made much easier by the effects of the crisis (parents unable to pick up kids from school, children cold &amp; hungry)... slowly but surely <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>austerity</span></a> &amp; over a decade of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ToryIncompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ToryIncompetence</span></a> have engineered significant problems for the vulnerable in society... whatever <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/KwasiKwarteng" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KwasiKwarteng</span></a> may think politics is not a game!<br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/10/county-lines-gangs-cost-of-living-crisis" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/d</span><span class="invisible">ec/10/county-lines-gangs-cost-of-living-crisis</span></a></p>