Rhys Jones, gangs and responsibility

Here is an interesting focus feature on last week's murders in Liverpool (ignore the flourishes, Guardian readers need them). It makes an honest stab at probing responsibility at the personal, family and neigbourhood levels.

Here is the Croxteth Heds video, which received attention on the recent Panorama investigation of violence on YouTube, and which is clearly relevant here, too.

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Friendship is an upgrade

Leo and I agreed in June to travel together from London to Washington, to take up our place at SAIS. From Vienna airport, Leo tried to sit us together. The operator couldn't find my name in the system. From Manchester Airport, I tried to sit us together. I failed because the operator couldn't find the system. So when we met in London Heathrow to jump the ocean, we weren't sat together. At the boarding gate, we pleaded to be moved to neigbouring seats. Sorry, the plane was full. But at the last moment, as we stepped on board, two seats did become free, not only together but also upgraded.

So we whooped with laughter at the films and drank the wine.