Britain needs to man up
Sam Ashworth-Hayes
The Telegraph
Britain’s “intrusive state” increasingly functions like an HR department, with its concerns about staff retention and instructions to “just be kind”, says Sam Ashworth-Hayes. Take the dramatic post-Covid rise in incapacity claims for mental-health conditions. Is Britain actually sicker, or are we just more willing to describe ourselves as mentally unwell and the state more willing to accept the claim unquestioningly? In this HR state, attempts to shift people into jobs are seen as unkind (even though they can
