Meghan Cox Gurdon: British prime minister’s paternity leave sets odd example

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The prime minister of Great Britain, fresh from a two-week country holiday during which his wife prematurely delivered a new baby, has announced that he’s taking paternity leave. The affairs of state that David Cameron was elected to run this past May he has now entrusted to his deputy, a rival from a competing political party.

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