A lot of people will welcome many of the proposed measures. In fact, there is something to please almost everyone who has ever had to contend with nuisance neighbours, vandalism, graffiti, rubbish dumping, cyclists on the pavement, public drunkenness and abusiveness, a noisy pub down the street, begging or young people hanging around on street corners.
Yes, you did read that last bit correctly. The white paper suggests that the police be given powers to disperse groups of people who appear "threatening, intimidating and frightening to other people", which in the eyes of many people would fit almost any group of three or more young people going about with their hoods up on a Saturday night.
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