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UK Riots & Celebrity Culture - Mal Fletcher on BBC Radio

Added 12 December 2011

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One of Britain's most influential government ministers, Iain Duncan Smith, says that England's summer riots were at least in part due to the influence of celebrity culture and consumerism.

Is he right? What role does celebrity culture and consumerism generally play in the current problems society faces with troubled young people?

Mal Fletcher looked at these questions in a recent debate on BBC Radio 5 Live, one of Britain's most popular stations.

Click here to listen to the debate.

Keywords: bbc radio 5 live | radio5live | london riots 2011 | london riots | Iain Duncan Smith

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