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| Politeness 'missing from society' | Politeness 'missing from society' |
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| Britain needs to do more to promote good manners, Tony Blair's "respect czar" Louise Casey has said. | Britain needs to do more to promote good manners, Tony Blair's "respect czar" Louise Casey has said. |
| The government adviser said politeness was now missing "right across society" and schools, companies and the media all had a role to play. | The government adviser said politeness was now missing "right across society" and schools, companies and the media all had a role to play. |
| Ms Casey said London buses could remind passengers to give up seats to pregnant women and suggested TV soap operas may portray a less gloomy side of life. | Ms Casey said London buses could remind passengers to give up seats to pregnant women and suggested TV soap operas may portray a less gloomy side of life. |
| "We need a greater sense it's OK to be decent," she told the Daily Telegraph. | |
| "It's important to help old ladies across the road. The greatest pleasure you can give yourself is to help somebody else." | |
| "You're not the nerd if you don't throw your rubbish on the floor - you're the person who's making Britain the country we all want to live in." | "You're not the nerd if you don't throw your rubbish on the floor - you're the person who's making Britain the country we all want to live in." |
| 'Such anger' | 'Such anger' |
| Ms Casey said a rise in single-parent families and less church-going and neighbourliness were all possible factors in falling levels of politeness. | Ms Casey said a rise in single-parent families and less church-going and neighbourliness were all possible factors in falling levels of politeness. |
| Right across society, whether they're rich or poor, people can behave really nastily Louise Casey Send us your reaction | Right across society, whether they're rich or poor, people can behave really nastily Louise Casey Send us your reaction |
| But she added bad behaviour transcended class and recalled being behind a new four-wheel drive vehicle in the wealthy Highgate area of north London. | But she added bad behaviour transcended class and recalled being behind a new four-wheel drive vehicle in the wealthy Highgate area of north London. |
| "I watched the driver toss rubbish out of the window, I felt such anger," she told the paper. | "I watched the driver toss rubbish out of the window, I felt such anger," she told the paper. |
| "Right across society, whether they're rich or poor, people can behave really nastily." | "Right across society, whether they're rich or poor, people can behave really nastily." |
| Ms Casey said anti-social behaviour orders, which she championed, had helped to restore respect. | Ms Casey said anti-social behaviour orders, which she championed, had helped to restore respect. |
| But they should not be seen as "the be-all and end-all". | But they should not be seen as "the be-all and end-all". |
| On soap operas, Ms Casey said there was a "public service responsibility to try to uphold certain standards of decency". | On soap operas, Ms Casey said there was a "public service responsibility to try to uphold certain standards of decency". |
| She said: "I hate the fact that everything is gloomy, everybody is sleeping with each other, everybody is killing each other, everybody is committing anti-social behaviour all the time when Britain doesn't look so awful in real life." | She said: "I hate the fact that everything is gloomy, everybody is sleeping with each other, everybody is killing each other, everybody is committing anti-social behaviour all the time when Britain doesn't look so awful in real life." |