Just when you thought it was safe more Mop news I’m afraid.
What do you want first the bad news or the good news?
The good news?
Well, the good news is, the Mop’s gone and the bad news…?
Seems the whole affair was over run with hobbledehoys, footpads and cutpurses. Young men fought running battles on the streets and the streets ran with... that horrible sauce you get from McDonald’s. Actually it’s not funny, somebody could have got hurt. One slip on that sauce and you could break a leg easy.
Apparently (writes The Midweek), a gang of 70 young men (some as young as 14) had gathered for the kick-off at 11-30 when they were split up into warring factions ( Jets/Sharks? Montagues/ Capulets?) by 14 police officers. (Is there mystical meaning to these numbers? If there is I think we should be told).
Anyway…having apparently kicked the s*** out of each other the night before one can only wonder where these unruly rival gangs of youths get their energy from. Is it the drugs or just the sheer joy of being alive and young (and on drugs).
Insp Bailey (a policeman on the scene) said ‘I am a local officer and I take pride in my town. It causes me concern that at midnight there are still gangs of such young people on the streets’.
Well Insp it's extremely heartwarming to know that you take pride in your Town but actually if I were you I’d be a little more concerned about the gangs of older people who seem to be frequenting Stratford streets at midnight and later. Just take a wander up to Stratford’s Golden Mile (Greenhill Street) at chucking out time Saturday and you’ll see what I mean. Beirut, Belfast and Baghdad have got nothing on Stratford weekends. Getting home intact is a risky business and who for the love of God would be a taxi driver?
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