Published by UnHerd (18th June, 2019) We should welcome the fact that the issue of inequality has surged up the political agenda, given the lingering injustices around class, […]
Disability / Health / Policy
A lame and toothless watchdog
Published by The i paper (17th June 2019) Derek Fleming doted on his ‘funny, caring and loving’ daughter Margaret. But when the lawyer found he had terminal cancer, […]
Drugs / Policy
The double standards on drugs
Published by The i paper (10th June, 2019) Earlier this year the life of a science teacher in Peterborough was devastated after he was struck off from his […]
Policy / Welfare
Are school children really going so hungry they’re stealing ketchup sachets to make soup?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th June, 2019) One head teacher says that, in 2019, starving school children in Britain are scouring bins for food. Another claims […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Worried about US healthcare giants? They’re already here
Published by The Times (4th June, 2019) The response could not have been clearer when Woody Johnson, US ambassador to Britain, suggested that American firms would want access […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Hospital holds autistic man for 19 years – then gives him 20 days to go
Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd June, 2019) A man with autism held in a privately operated secure hospital for almost two decades has been given 20 […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Abuse hospital concerns raised four years ago
Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th May, 2019) An inspector with the official health watchdog raised serious concerns four years ago over the abuse, mistreatment and poor […]
Disability / Health / Policy / Politics
All waffle and no action won’t make you PM, Mr Hancock
Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th May, 2019) After ten months as Health Secretary, Matt Hancock thinks he can offer a prescription to save his country and […]
Disability / Health / Policy
The scandal of needless incarceration
Published by The i paper (20th May, 2019) In 1964 a Canadian philosophy teacher called Jean Vanier bought a dilapidated house in a French village and invited two young […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Autistic man locked in solitary confinement for ten years
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th May, 2019) An investigation by the Care Quality Commission discovered that a man with autism or learning disabilities has been locked […]
Europe / Hungary / Immigration / Policy
Orban’s brand of populism blinds him to reality
Published by The Times (14th May, 2019) Viktor Orban, Hungary’s pugnacious prime minister, created the template for the populism sweeping western democracies. This former anti-communist activist has taken […]
Crime / Policy
The rape victim force to suffer again by the police
Published by The ipaper (6th May, 2019) Do you think victims of rape should hand their phones over to police? Clearly this is a complex issue following the […]