John was possibly being flippant in his remarks about the dysfunctional nature of the Royal Family (though it seemed fair comment to me). More funadamentally, however, Duncan-Smith would indeed appear to be the new Charles Murray. His claim is that 'If the drivers of poverty [family breakdown, economic dependence, etc] are not addressed an evergrowing underclass will be created' (see p. 13 of the report). And just when we thought the underclass debate had been put to rest!
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Subject: Re: Families 'key to poverty fight'
Sorry, but I must have missed something. What is 'flippant' about making the point that it is poverty, not family breakdown per se, that leads to poor outcomes?? Or was I the only one listening to Duncan-Smith and feeling like I was trapped in a time warp and listening to Charles Murray again....
Kirstein
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