They're still quite a way from actually reintroducing workhouses, as I euphemistically suggest in my short satire, but the language and attitude in the actual recent announcements is exactly the same 19th century attitude - the modern phrasing and jargon fits like a glove onto the practices introduced by Poor Law Amendment Act 1835 (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lpoor1834.htm), denounced by Dickens and then abolished in the 1930s.
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Date: 2006-02-01 10:23 am (UTC)