The word in my area is that a twelve year old recently gave birth and is trying to keep the child; her boyfriend is either thirteen or fourteen and, if the rumours are to be believed, quite the naive innocent. Now, maybe this is good, maybe it is bad, but the police are apparently not interested anymore so does the age of consent matter if both parties are under it? Personally I would feel annoyed if it came down any further, really wonder if it actually shouldn’t be raised (has anyone ever met a sixteen year old kid – not their own – that they would judge as being responsible enough to breed?), not that it matters since the little blighters all seem to be at it before then anyway.

Flood.