From Broken Britain to Team GB

7 August 2012 Last updated at 03:32 ET

Article written by Mark Easton Home editor
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A year ago, the prime minister despaired at the country's "moral collapse", as flames lit up the night sky amid riots in north and east London.
Twelve months on, David Cameron talks of an inspirational country that "makes people feel proud to be British", as the Olympic flame burns bright just a few miles from where the disturbances began.
It is a neat juxtaposition: from national soul-searching to national celebration in exactly 12 months; from Broken Britain to Team GB.
But there is a

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