David Cameron hints he would ban violent video games
The UK's opposition leader, conservative David Cameron, has outlined his "mini-manifesto" to combat crime, which he will deliver later today. Cameron told The Guardian, "We are never going to deal with crime unless we look at the broader context and say, 'Yes, tough laws, strong action on the police, but also action to strengthen our society'. And that includes, I think, video games and things like that where we do need to think of the context in which people are growing up."

Tory chief targets games

Conservative leader David Cameron unhappy about "violence and misogyny" in popular culture in his speech on law and order issues.By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UK Posted Aug 29, 2007 10:43 am GMT

David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition, believes that the producers of video games, movies, and music videos, along with hardware manufacturers, and ratings body the British Board of Film ****fication, need to be more responsible.

Cameron spoke out against video games and music videos as he delivered the Conservative party's manifesto on law and order in Great Britain in a press conference at Westminster yesterday. He had suggested he would do so before the event.

On the topic of the rise in crime in the UK, Cameron stated that a Conservative government, if elected, would give the police more power by abolishing the need to file forms to question members of the public, and reform current alcohol licensing laws.

During his speech, he referred to popular culture as being one of the things he believes is promoting crime, and leading to a "coarsening effect on the ethical sensibility of young people." He said, "The companies which make music videos, films and computer games have a social responsibility not to promote casual violence, the gang culture, and the degradation of women."

Cameron didn't mention what his intentions were to prevent these kind of references in popular culture, but the report did hint that greater powers would be given to the BBFC. In the report, titled It's Time to Fight Back, it states, "We all have a responsibility to ensure a healthy culture for our children to grow up in. This includes not just the producers of films and video games, but the manufacturers of the relevant hardware, and the regulators who determine age-related ****fications.

"A Conservative Government will review the regulatory framework relating to films and video games to ensure that violence and misogyny are not directly promoted to young people."