The Yorkshire Post front page of 19 April carries what I'm willing to bet is a perfect snapshot of what is wrong with our society.
There's a large picture of a bright-eyed, smiling lad who has won a scholarship to Harvard from Ermysted Grammar School in Skipton. Next to it is a smaller picture of that pathetic creature Craig Meehan, step father of Shannon Matthews.
Even disregarding their relative brain power, if you looked into their family, social environment, housing and educational background, I'm sure you would get a lot of clues as to why one is going to Harvard and the other to gaol.
The capitalist system - that so brilliantly has wrecked the banking system, the environment and now even the price of staple foods - seems to create a scrap heap on which to throw those who don't fit into its plan beyond being factory fodder.
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