In Cutting Edge: Would You Save a Stranger? last night it was revealed somewhat shockingly that one in three of us wouldn’t.

Of the stories recounted as examples of people stepping in to help a stranger and those who weren’t helped by anyone, one of the most shocking for me was Jasmine’s story. She and a friend had been out to buy the ingredients to make fruit smoothies but on their return bus journey, a gang of girls demanding money surrounded Jasmine and her friend and proceeded to beat them violently.

And despite it being a bus crowded with adults, nobody even attempted to help these two girls who’d done nothing wrong and were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time and became victims of the mindless thuggery which took the Great out of Britain long since. One woman on the bus not only didn’t help these poor girls, she told them to be quiet! Read more & comment »