e/New Puritans (movement)

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has gloss	eng: The terms New Puritan and Neo-Cromwellians were coined by Jim Murphy, associate director of the Future Foundation, to describe a perceived trend in British society. The term, which has been adopted by a number of main stream newspapers and other media, refers to the increasing tendency for the young middle classes to accept increasing regulation and self regulation of their life curtailing the "consumption culture". Examples, identified by the BBC Radio 4 discussion program "Start the Week" include a tendency not to drive large high fuel consumption cars in city centers, support for the banning of chocolate vending machines in hospitals and the idea that the police should issue cautions to pregnant women caught smoking in public. The Observer suggests a further example: at the point of sale in a major High Street store the assistant states "Im duty bound to ask you if you want to open a store card with a preposterously uncompetitive interest rate".
lexicalization	eng: New Puritans
instance of	e/Social group