Tory Education spokesman Michael Gove delivered a speech earlier in which he alluded to Bill Clinton's use of the word which means ""I am because you are"
According to Gove
Each of us is defined, and enriched, by our relationship to others. It's the strength of our relationships, the warmth of our friendships, the time we have with our partners, parents and children, the respect we're given in the workplace and by our peers, the achievements we forge collaboratively and collectively, which generate real happiness and fulfilment. We are fully ourselves because others believe in us.
He was setting out policy on schooling the family and inequality but it will be remembered for the attack on Lads magazines.
Over at Conservative Home they preview this part of the speech
I believe we need to ask tough questions about the instant-hit hedonism celebrated by the modern men's magazines targeted at younger males. Titles such as Nuts and Zoo paint a picture of women as permanently, lasciviously, uncomplicatedly available. We should ask those who make profits out of revelling in, or encouraging, selfish irresponsibility among young men what they think they're doing."
But back to Ubuntu which Gove is quick to return to for Labour
there is really only one relationship which matters. The relationship between the individual and the state.
The Labour conception of society is a thin, and impoverished, one in which there appear to be only two primary centres of decision-making, the central state organises and the individual is expected to respond appropriately.
Individuals are assessed by the State as economic units in need of upskilling, taxing, monitoring or redeploying as appropriate – according to priorities set, and policed, centrally.
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