Council Estate

Observations on The Welfare State

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April 23rd 2008
Ah, Great Britain. Free health care, affordable housing, cheap groceries, and easy transport- sounds great? Don't make love in the street just yet... I feel like discussing this because I have been required to understand housing policy in Britain, among other things, as part of my programme. When I arrived in this country I was a left-leaning moderate. Now I am calling that into question. I wou ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more