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Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass (Theodore Dalrymple)

The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)

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The Rise in Crime in the UK

The author narrates with grim amusement how doctors come from mumbai and manila, brimming with great sympathy for the poor. They are quickly disillusioned by the under classes total ingratitude and failure to take advantage of what they are offered. Another point of comparison is crime. It is very hard for a casual observer to get coherent data on crime in the u k. Not only does the government no present it longitudinally in any form easily available to the public, there are different sets. And widespread consensus that a great many crimes are simply not reported because the police don't care and can't be bothered. However, the left wing guardian newspaper noted in two thousand and 17 that

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