“*The UK Streets With No Shame* is a haunting social commentary song about community, courage, and the loss of compassion on Britain’s modern streets.”
I walk through the night where the cold winds call,
Where curtains twitch and the brave hearts fall.
On streets where fear has carved its name,
We live in silence — the streets of shame.
The young ones sneer with a lawless grin,
Their laughter drowns the truth within.
While decent souls just hide away,
Afraid to speak, afraid to stay.
Oh, these streets with no shame,
Where the good hearts break and the wicked reign.
We’re losing faith, we’re losing name,
In the darkness of the streets of shame.
The coppers chase through the flashing light,
Through quiet towns in the dead of night.
But not for tears, or broken doors,
Just games and speed and TV scores.
One mother painted her pain in white,
“Love thy neighbour” her holy fight.
“Jesus loves you” her heart proclaimed,
But *she* was fined — the world’s deranged.
Oh, these streets with no shame,
Where the kind are mocked and the cruel remain.
We used to stand, now we hang our heads,
In the echo of the words unsaid.
Maybe we need an Equaliser’s hand,
To walk the night and cleanse the land.
To strike the fear in hearts of flame,
And heal these broken streets of shame.
For fire meets fire when reason dies,
When truth is drowned by polished lies.
The leaders talk, but none will claim,
The wreckage of our streets of shame.
Oh, these streets with no shame,
Where the love is lost, and the guilt’s the same.
Still we light our lamps in hope’s small flame,
To guide us through these streets of shame.
To guide us through — these streets of shame.
To guide us through — these streets of shame.
Copyright © Peter Moring 2025
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Having just watched yet another TV programme highlighting our ‘UK Streets of Shame’ I really do wonder what happened to common sense and dignity in our communities. We are talking about rogue/feral families who live in communities and literally ‘terrorise’ vulnerable individuals or families to the point of despair, with the police and the authorities passing the buck between themselves for years while it goes on in full view of all the equally terrified neighbours who ‘know’ for a fact that if they try to stand up for the victims, that they’ll be next on the list.
Apparently, one mum decided to board up her windows and spray the words “Love thy neighbour” and “Jesus loves you” on the boards. The authorities took no time at all in taking her to court and getting her fined while the feral yobs reigned supreme sticking their fingers up to all and sundry.
We’re all now very familiar with the ‘glut’ of TV reality shows trying to endear us all to the very tough cops we now have on our ‘streets of shame’. The only problem is, the only thing they’re interested in is playing cops and robbers in their cars, chasing drivers at ridiculously high speeds through residential areas causing damage, mayhem and mortal danger to everyone who just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Usually because a car’s not insured, MOT’d, or the driver has no licence. None of these offences come anywhere NEAR the magnitude of the social destruction being caused by the feral families.
But of course, it’s not so exciting a job is it. It doesn’t make for good telly, the police chasing yobs who can always out-run and out-smart them. Maybe it’s time the UK Government introduced an ‘Equaliser Force’ who, like the TV hero Edward Woodward played many years ago, could go out in the dead of night and put ‘The fear of God’ up these social bullies. Preferably with a bit of necessary ‘persuasion’ as well.
Fighting fire with fire, works very well in nature. There’s no reason why it wouldn’t work just as well on our troubled ‘Streets of Shame’. At one time, communities looked out for each other, but thanks to successive Government ineptness, our communities have been broken down to the point where we’re all suspicious of one another and rarely talk, let alone stand up for our neighbours.
A Common sense Government would introduce an ‘Equaliser Force’ to sort this frustrating problem out. But when did politics have any association with ‘Common Sense’?
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