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This week's columnist Robin Balbernie looks at how relationships can be translated into political policy Gosh - what has come over the Tories? In the Eighties, if you tried to speak to the Government about compassion and relationships they would reach for a policy. Then, when Thatcherism had really entered their souls, they would reach for a dictionary instead.

Gosh - what has come over the Tories? In the Eighties, if you tried to speak to the Government about compassion and relationships they would reach for a policy. Then, when Thatcherism had really entered their souls, they would reach for a dictionary instead.

I assume that the new cuddly Conservatives have been catching up on some research. Good for them. A sense of well-being within the context of caring relationships is indeed far better for people of all ages than becoming anally obsessed with accumulating wealth. And as the saying goes, you can tell what God thinks of money by the sort of people he allows to have a lot of it.

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