Cameron's Father's Day admonition to men who refuse to pay for their deserted children was the perfect example of his own brand of doublethink. He wrote in the Sunday Telegraph: "It's high time runaway dads were stigmatised and the full force of shame was heaped upon them. They should be looked at like drink-drivers, people who are beyond the pale. They need the message rammed home to them that what they're doing is wrong: that leaving single mothers, who do a heroic job against all odds, to fend for themselves simply isn't acceptable." Fathers must support their children "financially and emotionally", even if they are separated from them. Who would disagree? All governments have tried hard to make absent fathers pay. So far, so sensible.
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