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| − | + | :In a much-discussed speech delivered before she became prime minister, Thatcher had dismissed as incoherent the very idea of "social justice", along with a "progressive consensus" that regarded the notion as fundamental. (It is also worth remembering, incidentally, that in the early 1980s Thatcher had rejected proposals to protect marriage through the tax system, put to her by the then head of the [[Downing Street Policy Unit]], [[Ferdinand Mount]]. Mount, who published an elegy to the lost "civilisation" of the English working class at about the time [[Iain Duncan Smith|Duncan Smith]] was establishing the [[Centre for Social Justice|CSJ]], has since worked with the think tank's social housing group in what he describes to me as a "fruitful relationship".)<ref>Jonathan Derbyshire [http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/03/duncan-smith-social-interview Poor relations], ''New Statesman'', Published 01 March 2010</ref> | |
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| + | *[[Ferdinancd Mount]] ''The Subversive Family: An Alternative History of Love and Marriage'', London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. | ||
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Revision as of 08:12, 12 April 2011
According to a 2010 report in the New Statesman:
- In a much-discussed speech delivered before she became prime minister, Thatcher had dismissed as incoherent the very idea of "social justice", along with a "progressive consensus" that regarded the notion as fundamental. (It is also worth remembering, incidentally, that in the early 1980s Thatcher had rejected proposals to protect marriage through the tax system, put to her by the then head of the Downing Street Policy Unit, Ferdinand Mount. Mount, who published an elegy to the lost "civilisation" of the English working class at about the time Duncan Smith was establishing the CSJ, has since worked with the think tank's social housing group in what he describes to me as a "fruitful relationship".)[1]
Affiliations
Publications
- Ferdinancd Mount The Subversive Family: An Alternative History of Love and Marriage, London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.
Notes
- ↑ Jonathan Derbyshire Poor relations, New Statesman, Published 01 March 2010
