Britain in the 1970s and 2009.
The political situation:
1970 - Political and Social unrest which lead to the 'decade of strikes.' These involved, unions such as the postal and miners, who took the biggest action in these strikes and protests.
Conservatives were in power in from 1970 - 1974 then Labour took over from 1940 - 1979.
In Margaret Thatcher in 1979, became the first female UK Priminister.

2009 - Labour were in power

Immigration policy and situation:
1970s - There was restricted immigration in Britain, however 83000 immigrants came through the boarders and obtained living and working visa's.
In 1972, the biggest influx of African Asains came through and settled in Britain. 80000 of them were sent here by their leader Idi Amin. This resulted in a peak of 28000 in two months.

2009 - 160,980 British citizen applications were processed and accepted.
 
Unemployment:
1970s -Unemployment was relative and range from 1.3 to 1.5 million over the decade. It peaked in 1979 when it was at its highest, however compared to other figures this was still relatively low.

Crime:
1970s - Crime dropped by 41% in 1979.

2009 - Offensives dropped to 10.1 million and gun crime was down to only 6%. 1/3 of all crimes recorded were theft or handling stolen goods.

Misfits:
All the young characters are wearing orange boiler suits, which shows their unity. This also identifies them as criminals. All of the characters put their own style to the boiler suit, this shows diversity within a collective. There are close ups of all the characters, this allows the audience to identify with each of them. The editing is fast paced, with quick cuts in between short duration shots. This could show that the group is disorganised.