That was a funny apology from David Cameron today. About as subtle as...... something not very subtle. I'm not quite sure what he was apologising for but we all know what he's after, trying to goad Labour into copping for the lot. As if...

The real shame is that he's not far off the mark. They'd have done the same but they didn't and it goes without saying that if we had a Tory government we'd all be up blazing.

The truth is this all happened on Gordon Brown's watch and his "not me guv!" to accusations that he is in anyway to blame is pathetic. His smug smile grates on me more than President of The World, Blair's did.

Mind you, coming home to Berwick Hills in 2009 brings back memories of the place I left in 1983. It's now a desperate place, stricken by problem drinking, drugs, laziness and helplessness. In 1983 it wasn't great but it wasn't that bad (or are those rose-coloured spectacles deceiving me again) but years of neglect by successive governments (Thatcher onwards) have led to people on estates like Berwick Hills giving up. Many people don't even bother getting dressed, What's the point?

And whilst the current shower has been at fault as well, I lay the majority of the blame squarely at the door of your party Mr Cameron. So if you want to apologise for something Mr Cameron, I'd like you to say sorry for the state of the UK's council estates and for the part your party played in starting to isolate the white working class, underclass or whatever else you want to call them.

Don't use the C word though, commonly used by middle class twots or I'll go off on one!