Political Commentator Russell Quirk has expressed his outrage at an incident at a Milton Keynes shopping centre, as around 300 children stormed the venue.
Thames Valley Police intervened with a dispersal order after large swarms of children, mostly in school uniform, stormed the shopping centre in Buckinghamshire.
Reacting to the incident, Commentator Amy Nickell-Turner claimed the children's actions were a result of the "decimation of youth services" in Britain.
Nickell-Turner argued: "Presumably security tried to intervene, and they've been accused of being heavy handed. But I think this speaks to the fact that the landscape of youth services has just been decimated, and there's literally nothing for kids to do."
Russell Quirk said the teenagers 'should be taken to task' over the incident
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Nickell-Turner's remarks were interrupted by Quirk, who strongly disagreed with her view and argued that the incident is a result of "no police being around, no oversight, and no deterrent" for anti-social behaviour.
Quirk stated: "300 kids think that they can run through a shopping centre, frightening shoppers out of their lives."
GB News host Ben Leo agreed with Quirk, telling Nickell-Turner: "My kids would not be behaving like that because there's no ping pong available."
Nickell-Turner hit back at Ben, asking: "Aren't your kids aged four and five? These are teenagers, and our teenagers are headed into a world where there are no leisure services. What creates antisocial behaviour is having nothing to do."
Around 300 children were seen storming a shopping centre in Milton Keynes
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Quirk shut down Nickell-Turner's argument, raging: "If we up the ante on basketball, it's not going to stop kids being stabbed on the street.
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"It's lack of discipline in the home and a lack of policing on the streets, and a judiciary and a penal system that is utterly liberal."
Nickell-Turner hit back at Quirk's view, claiming he is "going right to the end of the line" with his argument. She then asked Quirk: "What about the preventative measure?"
Quirk responded: "What about the people affected by them running through a shopping centre in a stampede? There's mothers with kids in prams frightened out of their lives, and we're worried about the social services aspect that's perhaps linked to it.
"How long does your solution take to resolve it? Mine takes about 30 seconds. More police, bang them up. The kids should be taken to task, not the security guard being taken to task as he was a little bit heavy handed. Come on!"
Amy Nickell-Turner said youth services are being 'decimated' in Britain
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Nickell-Turner responded: "I'd rather prevent this all from happening by supporting children and giving them stuff to do, instead of over the past ten years closing everything. They're closing sports centres, closing libraries. What did you do when you were a teenager?"
Host Dawn Neesom was quick to interject Nickell-Turner, asking her if she "really thinks these kids will be in the library if they weren't storming their local sports shops".
Nickell-Turner defended her point, stating: "I think if they had things to do and they were supported in their mental and physical health, scenes like these would be less likely to happen."
Host Ben Leo swiped: "These are some of those privileged youths in the world running around with iPhones! They've got more to do now than ever."
