General Chat

She's just been on the Radio headlines, in tears.

She stated that the quotes were taken out of context, and from quite a while ago. She said that she wasn't homophobic, or racist.
The Police Commisoner is reported to have said that she hopes that this incident will not effect her (the girl's) life.

Teenagers tend not to think of repercussions of using social media sites, and they do often use words describing their friends which can or could be taken as insults even if that is not what was meant!

EDIT - not sure now if I imagined that she had resigned, or if I wasn't listening to it properly earlier today

DEt - I did not know that but it is possibly the only answer.
Perhaps she will learn a lesson from that. It is a shame that an opportunity has gone to waste.

I might have some respect for the overpaid Police Commissioner if she was prepared to admit making a mistake.
She is happy to be there to criticise and monitor the police's failings though, the old coppers dictate “do as I say not as I do”.

The young lady is not a bad person just doing what a lot of kids do, but perhaps not an ideal role model for teenagers.

Mayfield.

I think the idea of the Youth Commissioner is a good idea and could help to breakdown some of the barriers between the authorities and young people. However they need to be a sort of role model and I am afraid that from what I have read on various media sites, this young lady does not fit the bill :-|

How nasty of the Mail - but not surprising. Poor kid.

She has since resigned and apologised.

Ours have passed the teenage years, but I suspect that at least one would have been like her, (edit - bad language aside) and the other's would have liked the opportunity.

We may think we know what our teenagers are up to, but I'm guessing that most have told us what we want to hear on a least a couple of occassions!

I reckon she is very much in the minority

Only last week on tv was interviewed our first Youth Commissioner, aged 17, looking very respectable and speaking well now earning a salary of £15,000.

In todays MonS her twitters were revealed and the language I can only guess at as a lot of if was blacked out. However, she appears to getting as drunk as she can one of her prioities and sex as another.

Calls for her to be sacked - however the Police Commissioner who employed her - refuses to and stated that she wanted a 'typical' teenager.

There may be many like her but I feel that there are more who are not.

What do you think?