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My Week - The Scots can teach us a thing or two

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Sunday: It's 6am and I'm at Gatwick collecting my partner who's been in Philadelphia for a few days looking at how they run their Functional Family Therapy programme.

Despite the fact that the flight is on time it's two hours before she comes through the gate, with less luggage than she would normally take on a night out. Sadly, her suitcase is still enjoying the Philly sunshine. Seems you have to pay a supplement these days if you want your luggage to arrive at the same time as you.

Tuesday: The government announces yet more measures to tackle antisocial behaviour. Nobody can dispute the fact that antisocial behaviour is a serious concern and there's nothing wrong with Asbos per se. They were just badly conceived, never intended to be issued to children and young people and it's been a game of catch-up over the past 10 years to try to make them effective.

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