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5 Responses to “UK writer Melanie Phillips article Broken Families Broken Britain”

1. JohnPotter says:

   Thu 17th October 2013 at 9:37 am

   From the article:

   The Chief Inspector of Schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has ranged widely in apportioning blame for the abuse or neglect of children in Britain.
   …
   He said the problems exposed in child abuse scandals were being deepened by an apparent national obsession with ‘pussyfooting around’ and ‘making excuses’ for bad parents. At the root of wider social problems lay the alienation of many children from their natural father.

2. Downunder says:

   Thu 17th October 2013 at 11:04 am

   Very good article and she goes further in her own opinion:

   Sir Michael is absolutely correct. He did, however, fail to identify the key culprit behind this inexorable process of social breakdown – the intellectual, legal and political class which caused it to take place.

   The article is obviously inspired by their current political solution – to allow married couples to pay less tax.

3. Pedro says:

   Fri 18th October 2013 at 8:20 pm

   Clearly I remember
   From the windows they were watching
   While we froze down below

   When the future’s architectured
   By a carnival of idiots on show
   You’d better lie low

   [Cold Play]

4. Downunder says:

   Fri 18th October 2013 at 8:29 pm

   And the Bible had Lot.