CITY rioting was last night blamed on absent fathers and poor school discipline by former Edge Hill MP, Lord Alton.
Speaking in the House of Lords, the Lib-Dem peer warned of “far worse events in the future”.
Lord Alton called for the examination of the “flaccid language of rights, which has pushed to one side the idea of duties, obligations and responsibilities”.
He said: “Eight hundred thousand children in this country have no contact with their fathers.
“As parents, we have to be on the side of teachers. We must re-establish discipline in our schools.
“If we do not, it will not be what we have seen that will come back to haunt us; it will be far worse events in the future.”
