Simon Jenkins: Officialdom cannot hammer straight the crooked timber of mankind (Guardian Unlimited)

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Surprise, surprise. How we all hate the nanny state - until nanny takes a day off. Then we want nannies galore. We want nannies with whips, nannies with locks, keys and public inquiries. Labour, Liberal or Tory nannies are suddenly the order of the day. The response to the case of 17-month-old Baby P has been a classic of incoherent social comment. The media, which normally excoriates every ...

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