<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Steve Baker MP &#187; Broken Society</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.stevebaker.info/tag/broken-society/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.stevebaker.info</link>
	<description>One life. Live it.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:30:22 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>The riots in England</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/08/the-riots-in-england/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/08/the-riots-in-england/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevebaker.info/?p=9878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few days, many constituents have written to me expressing anger and dismay about the riots, policing and justice. I share this anger and dismay.  As I said in my article on Wednesday, we must establish that the state’s duty is to protect the law-abiding and their property first and foremost and that the ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/08/the-riots-in-england/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The State Opening of Parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/05/the-state-opening-of-parliament/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/05/the-state-opening-of-parliament/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queen's Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Opening]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevebaker.info/?p=7457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I found myself standing by the exit into the aye lobby for the state opening of Parliament. The text of the Queen&#8217;s Speech, for which I was lucky to be able to enter the House of Lords, may be found here: The Queen, seated on the Throne and attended by Her Officers of State, ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/05/the-state-opening-of-parliament/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Conservative Party &#124; News &#124; Cameron launches our draft manifesto for schools</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/01/draft-manifesto-for-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/01/draft-manifesto-for-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manifesto]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevebaker.info/?p=6681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Cameron has launched the education section of the &#8216;Mending our Broken Society&#8217; chapter of the Conservative Party’s draft manifesto, and is asking for your questions about it online. Read more: Cameron launches our draft manifesto for schools]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/01/draft-manifesto-for-schools/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>David Cameron: We can&#8217;t go on like this</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/01/david-cameron-we-cant-go-on-like-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/01/david-cameron-we-cant-go-on-like-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bureaucracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decentralization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevebaker.info/?p=6626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Via David Cameron: We can&#8217;t go on like this: A decade of big government and blunt, bureaucratic control has undermined responsibility and made our social problems worse, not better. We are determined to forge a new direction. We will use the state to help remake society by encouraging people to take responsibility for themselves and ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/01/david-cameron-we-cant-go-on-like-this/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;Sex and drug lessons from age 5&#8243;</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/11/sex-and-drug-lessons-from-age-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/11/sex-and-drug-lessons-from-age-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Socialism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevebaker.info/?p=6335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Via Sex and drug lessons from age 5 &#8211; Telegraph, another forcible attempt to reengineer society, irrespective of the wishes of responsible parents: Under the new curriculum, pupils as young as seven will learn about puberty and the facts of life and five-year-olds will be taught about parts of the body, relationships and the effects ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/11/sex-and-drug-lessons-from-age-5/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Labour has divided Britain into &#8216;two nations&#8217; in poverty and crime, say Tories &#8211; Telegraph</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/08/labour-has-divided-britain-into-two-nations-in-poverty-and-crime-say-tories-telegraph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/08/labour-has-divided-britain-into-two-nations-in-poverty-and-crime-say-tories-telegraph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optimism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevebaker.info/?p=5728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Via Labour has divided Britain into &#8216;two nations&#8217; in poverty and crime, say Tories &#8211; Telegraph: Britain has been divided by Labour into “two nations”, with deprived communities plagued by crime falling into &#8220;different worlds&#8221; from their wealthy neighbours, the Tories claim. &#8211; Gordon Brown has &#8220;let down the poor&#8221;, despite claiming that ending poverty was ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/08/labour-has-divided-britain-into-two-nations-in-poverty-and-crime-say-tories-telegraph/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>We&#8217;re in danger of entering a new Dark Age &#8211; Telegraph</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/04/were-in-danger-of-entering-a-new-dark-age-telegraph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/04/were-in-danger-of-entering-a-new-dark-age-telegraph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liam Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevebaker.info/?p=4299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I was saying to Beth only the other day after reading Roche*: Distracted by celebrity, softened up by the education system, we have also succumbed to what you could call intellectual relativism. We have reached a state of affairs whereby people believe that the validity of their views is determined by the strength with ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/04/were-in-danger-of-entering-a-new-dark-age-telegraph/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Right, wrong and education</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/03/right-wrong-and-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/03/right-wrong-and-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Responsibility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevebaker.info/?p=4079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Consider these news stories: Pupils will no longer have to be taught the difference between &#8220;right and wrong&#8221; under draft plans put forward by England&#8217;s exams regulator. via BBC NEWS &#124; Education &#124; &#8216;Right and wrong&#8217; lessons to end. Parents should avoid telling their children what is &#8220;right and wrong&#8221; when discussing sex education, according ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/03/right-wrong-and-education/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Chris Grayling on law and order</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/02/chris-grayling-on-law-and-order/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/02/chris-grayling-on-law-and-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Grayling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevebaker.info/?p=3793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I listened to David Cameron introduce Chris Grayling for his first major speech as shadow home secretary. It was great stuff: heartfelt, tough and full of measures that will be welcomed. In his introduction, David Cameron explained the need for substantive solutions to serious problems. He discussed Conservative plans for police reform, local accountability ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/02/chris-grayling-on-law-and-order/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The case for early intervention</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/01/the-case-for-early-intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/01/the-case-for-early-intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broken Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welfare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevebaker.info/?p=3458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The more I learn about our broken society, the more heartbreaking the situation appears. We are not self-reliant pioneers conquering a new continent: we are the heirs to generations of ineffective government intervention. We have broken our society and the problem is growing: [T]he size of the dysfunctional base in society is unacceptable and expanding, ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/01/the-case-for-early-intervention/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

