Our paedophilia hysteria makes life in Britain a misery
Reasons to leave Britain No. 471 – granny told she cannot take pictures of her grandchildren in a swimming pool. I was in a bookshop the Sunday before last when my other half noticed a toddler running...
View ArticleThe moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom
David Cameron, Ed Miliband and the entire British political class came together yesterday to denounce the rioters. They were of course right to say that the actions of these looters, arsonists and...
View ArticleEd Miliband's 'new era': this is a lurch to the Right, not the Left
I've been rereading Ed Miliband's speech and reading the reaction to it, and I've come to a conclusion I genuinely didn't expect: I liked it. I didn't agree with it, but when the Labour leader popped...
View ArticleWhy does a gap between rich and poor matter?
The gap between rich and poor. The gap between rich and poor. You hear that phrase a lot. The gap between rich and poor. Let's make no bones about it: economic inequality can be pernicious and...
View Article'Society is going to hell in a handcart and the English language is...
Have we really become more selfish, and can we tell it from studying our word use? According to news reports of a study by Patricia Greenfield (no relation, I assume), we have, and we can. Apparently,...
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