The lie that poverty is a moral failing was buried a century ago. Now it's back | Fintan O'Toole by Fintan O'Toole

George Bernard Shaw knew that the rich are no better than the poor. But though the argument seemed settled then, it now rages more fiercely than everIf you know Alfred Doolittle only from Stanley Holloway's infinitely lovable portrayal of him in My Fair Lady, you might not realise that he's a bit of a monster. In George Bernard Shaw's original play, Pygmalion, he arrives in high dudgeon at the home of Henry…

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