One thing we are good at in Britain is pussyfooting around the issues and not dealing with the root causes. We are having to install more complex security, more CCTV cameras, more police, stronger security fences and so on.

But we fail to increase deterrents, which would stop crimes at source. Unless we have effective deterrents within in our society, we are going to increase the suffering of crime, particularly violent crime and never have complete control. Deterrents do work, but in our society of political correctness and compensation, we don't stand a chance.

When we have prisons that are more like five star hotels with inspectors spewing out nonsense about the terrible conditions within, criminals are laughing all the way. They boast of having televisions, play stations, video recorders in their en suite rooms, being able to enjoy games rooms and a host of other sporting activities. They can even learn a trade when 'inside', something we can't do when we are honest and hard working on the outside without paying through the nose! And in many cases prisoners are allowed to 'see' their spouses and lady friend on weekends.

Judges who give out derisory sentences should be sacked or at least, made publicly accountable - yes, why not publicly elect them to office? So what chance do we stand in combating crime? Well, very little, unless we radically change our attitudes. Prisons should be places to dread. They must act as both punishment and deterrent. The death penalty should be returned for acts of violent murder and put to public referendum but only used in convictions that are 'beyond all doubt'. The problem we have today lies at the feet of the do-gooders, that band of pathetic individuals who think we all live in cloud cuckoo land. Until we get to grips with reality and get rid of the stupidity of our modern politically correct society, we are going nowhere.

We have let the do-gooders have their turn, now let the realists do theirs. Let reality now take charge and put into place an effective criminal system. We can deal with crime, it's not difficult. It's just that the moronic do-gooders won't let us. We must no longer keep pussyfooting around the symptoms of crime, we must address the causes, and effectively. Unless we do this, our future generations have nothing to look forward to.