Madeleine Bunting: We may admire the Nordic way, but don't try to import it - The Guardian 15th August 2008

It's easy to romanticise the welfare priority and democratic values, but it's all built on very un-British restrictions of freedom One of my best friends is a Finn. She came to England at 16, but when it came to giving birth to her first baby 13 years later, there was no hesitation: she went home. When she returned, along with her stories of state of the art healthcare, she brought tangible evidence of the largesse of the Nordic welfare state: each new mother was given a box of exquisite new baby clothes and equipment.

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