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	<title>The Welfare State We&#039;re In</title>
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	<description>Website of the book by James Bartholomew</description>
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		<title>Teacher trade unions versus good education</title>
		<link>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/education/2012/05/teacher-trade-unions-versus-good-education.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 05:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Bartholomew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just read the first chapter of Terry Moe&#8217;s book, Special Interest. It is about the damage done by teacher trade unions in America to the quality of education. It is persuasively written. I recommend it. I visited a US &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/education/2012/05/teacher-trade-unions-versus-good-education.php">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, there is a welfare state in America</title>
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		<comments>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/education/2012/05/yes-there-is-a-welfare-state-in-america.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 13:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Bartholomew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare and the NHS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media, including BBC bias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare benefits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think is probably true to say that most people outside the USA think that America does not have a welfare state. Perhaps quite a few inside the USA think the same. There is a worldwide desire to put countries &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/education/2012/05/yes-there-is-a-welfare-state-in-america.php">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Research trip to the USA</title>
		<link>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/work-on-the-new-book/2012/05/research-trip-to-the-usa.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/work-on-the-new-book/2012/05/research-trip-to-the-usa.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 13:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Bartholomew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work on the new book]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been planning a trip to the USA to do more research for the new book. I won&#8217;t name the many individuals I am seeing but I will be going to Washington DC, Wisconsin, Minnesota, San Francisco and possibly &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/work-on-the-new-book/2012/05/research-trip-to-the-usa.php">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>20% of children at a school &#8216;should be in care&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/education/2012/05/20-of-children-at-a-school-should-be-in-care.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/education/2012/05/20-of-children-at-a-school-should-be-in-care.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Bartholomew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behaviour & Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rowntree Foundation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I went to a discussion on child poverty at the Policy Exchange on Monday. Frank Field, who has a long track record in this area, said there were three things he wanted to say: 1. Existing methods of assessting poverty &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/education/2012/05/20-of-children-at-a-school-should-be-in-care.php">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>All democracies are not equally good</title>
		<link>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/politics/2012/04/all-democracies-are-not-equally-good.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/politics/2012/04/all-democracies-are-not-equally-good.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Bartholomew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[referenda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All across Europe, from riots in Greece to those protest votes for Marine Le Pen and George Galloway, we see signs of how alienated people now feel from the “political class” which rules over our lives, out of touch with &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/politics/2012/04/all-democracies-are-not-equally-good.php">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>This is what needs to be said about child abuse &#8211; it is what the children&#8217;s charities should say but fail to</title>
		<link>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/parenting/2012/04/this-is-what-needs-to-be-said-about-child-abuse-it-is-what-the-childrens-charities-should-say-but-fail-to.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/parenting/2012/04/this-is-what-needs-to-be-said-about-child-abuse-it-is-what-the-childrens-charities-should-say-but-fail-to.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Bartholomew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;having worked in this field for a number of years, I am increasingly sceptical about our willingness to openly address very contentious issues that are highly relevant to the welfare of children. Some big silences remain in the debate about &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/parenting/2012/04/this-is-what-needs-to-be-said-about-child-abuse-it-is-what-the-childrens-charities-should-say-but-fail-to.php">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Roosevelt would never have wanted welfare to end up as it has</title>
		<link>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/welfare-before-the-welfare-state/2012/04/roosevelt-would-never-have-wanted-welfare-to-end-up-as-it-has.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/welfare-before-the-welfare-state/2012/04/roosevelt-would-never-have-wanted-welfare-to-end-up-as-it-has.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Bartholomew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare before the welfare state]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare benefits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 1935, President Roosevelt (D) said: “Continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/welfare-before-the-welfare-state/2012/04/roosevelt-would-never-have-wanted-welfare-to-end-up-as-it-has.php">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chelsea, Barcelona and the shameful behaviour of John Terry</title>
		<link>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/behaviour-crime/2012/04/chelsea-barcelona-and-the-shameful-behaviour-of-john-terry.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/behaviour-crime/2012/04/chelsea-barcelona-and-the-shameful-behaviour-of-john-terry.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Bartholomew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behaviour & Crime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/?p=1549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What a contrast in behaviour there was during the semi-finals of the European Cup last night! It was an extraordinary, absorbing game. The way the Chelsea team showed such determination to defend their goal was superb. However there was one &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/behaviour-crime/2012/04/chelsea-barcelona-and-the-shameful-behaviour-of-john-terry.php">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ideas from different hospitals</title>
		<link>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/nhs/2012/04/ideas-from-different-hospitals.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/nhs/2012/04/ideas-from-different-hospitals.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Bartholomew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healthcare and the NHS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/?p=1545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my travels over the past six months I have visited three hospitals in Spain, two in the Netherlands and one in Singapore. I have also dropped in on a hospital in Australia. They all do things slightly differently and &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/nhs/2012/04/ideas-from-different-hospitals.php">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another social housing disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/blog/2012/04/another-social-housing-disaster.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/blog/2012/04/another-social-housing-disaster.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Bartholomew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A blog posting by Lindsay Mitchell has drawn my attention to one of the more spectacular failures of social housing. The destruction of the Red Road Flats will be another one in a very long list of such demolitions. The &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewelfarestatewerein.com/blog/2012/04/another-social-housing-disaster.php">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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