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Before the welfare state
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The Greycoat Hospital
The Greycoat Hospital was once a workhouse. It has since been a hospital and a school. It has a very long welfare history. It has now been taken over by the state.
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The Greycoat Hospital
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Education and State
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Why Britain used its veto
The extraordinary turn of events that have taken place in Europe this week has led to a certain amount of antagonism towards Britain in other parts of Europe. About a third of the visitors to this site are from outside … Continue reading
Democracy makes you happier – now viewable online
The article can now be seen online. Here is an excerpt: Why does democracy make you happier? There are two possible reasons. One is that you get a better government, or one more in accordance with your views. The second … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Politics
Democracy makes you happier
I have an article on this in the new edition of the Spectator. I can’t link to it yet. After writing it, someone remarked to me that there could be Europe Union referenda. That would certainly be a radical way … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Politics
The best article I have read this year
It is by Tom Utley in the Daily Mail today. He is an unusual writer. He often writes about personal stuff and always in a very engaging way. Today’s article is rhetoric at its best. A good point, powerfully made. … Continue reading
We don’t follow logic. We follow emotions
“Understanding is not cognitive. It is emotional.” In other words, you do not understand something because you have successfully followed a line of logic. You understand it at an emotional level. This assertion was made to me recently by a … Continue reading
Aspects of the riots and what needs to be done
Some articles in today’s Sunday Telegraph reflect different aspects of the riots and their aftermath: The interview with David Cameron. He is talking tough on crime now but he is the man who appointed Kenneth Clarke to be in charge … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Behaviour & Crime, Blog, Parenting, Politics, Reform, Unemployment, Welfare benefits
Page 3 girl quotes Milton Friedman
I think the subs at the Sun are having a laugh. Today’s girl quotes Einstein, rather out of context. Yesterday, Kelly from Daventry quoted Milton Friedman, the nobel prize-winning economist. I would love to think that the ideas of Milton … Continue reading
This might make you smile
The media in Britain still admires Obama and his policies in a way that many Americans now do not. This Youtube video is a witty attack on the spending policies, simultaneously satirising the classic American TV advertisement. I love the … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Politics
Sweden is not Marilyn Munroe
(This is the unedited version of an article which appeared recently in the Spectator) Sweden is iconic like Marilyn Munroe or Karl Marx. It is supposed to stand for something special: a kind of socialist paradise where socialism and a … Continue reading
Posted by James Bartholomew
Indexed in Education, Healthcare and the NHS, Parenting, Politics, Welfare benefits
The rise and fall(?) of the state
Between 1940 and 1975, government’s share of GDP “doubled in Germany, tripled in the UK, quadrupled in the Netherlands and quintupled in Denmark.” Yet the apparent need for state intervention increased proving “the amazing ability of the welfare state to … Continue reading