tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post117634061204252347..comments2024-03-28T09:14:52.110+00:00Comments on Sinclair's Musings: "Our Culture, What's Left of It" by Theodore Dalrymple and "Wasting Police Time" by PC David CopperfieldMatthew Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948452770723874618noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-14728456630515941872008-10-15T15:44:00.000+01:002008-10-15T15:44:00.000+01:00You couldn't have read the stuff in Wasting Police...You couldn't have read the stuff in Wasting Police Time on Copperfield's blog. His book is new stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-1176739020594844862007-04-16T16:57:00.000+01:002007-04-16T16:57:00.000+01:00If there has been a decline in social standards in...If there has been a decline in social standards in recent years, it is far more likely to have its roots in the eighties than the sixties. It was that decade that saw a blowtorch being taken to the industries providing the jobs that stabilised many working class communities. It was that decade that nourished the idea that we should care more about what we could get out of our communities than what we could do for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-1176374436129764732007-04-12T11:40:00.000+01:002007-04-12T11:40:00.000+01:00Matt is there also an aspect here of the sociologi...Matt is there also an aspect here of the sociological change of the make up of the working class going on as well. The change for instnace from union manufacturing to service jobs would be interesting to plot in this context because the Unions offered a little platoon and often say in the Welsh Mines they offered educational opportunities alongside their role as representatives.Gracchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06344262838391424797noreply@blogger.com