There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.
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Nationality: British Type: Politician Born: October 6, 1910 Death: May 3, 2002 |
“And it has some weight, I mean, the whole history of the gargoyles, that's some wonderful stuff.”
“We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.”