Address root cause of discontent.

Byline: Jose Mario Dolor De Vega

THE British government failed to heed the legitimate concerns and grievances of its people, especially those living at the bottom of society, and that led to the riots.

Moreover, they are also suffering from the global financial crisis and their economy is in bad shape. Businesses are in a sorry situation and citizens are losing their homes due to an inability to pay the mortgage.

And about 2.5 million young people are unemployed.

If the government does not do something drastic and concrete to address these multifaceted and intertwined socio-economic and socio-political problems, the nation is in for continuous …