What broken society?

The Economist gives a good kicking to the idea that Britain is Broken.

Surprising fact about 1950s marriages

and what a true conservative really thinks of all this

Janice Turner: more evidence for the miserabilists?

Janice Turner’s memory of teen pregnancy rates in her childhood clashes with statistics.But there is no denying the difficulty some places have coping with the loss of manufacturing/reliable work for the untutored bloke.

Reflections on whether life is now sh1t

More reflections on miserabilism and its irreducible elements.

Quick one: so, is the United Kingdom now sh1t?

A really obvious question: is life in the UK now utterly sh1t?