What a tragedy to hit Norway with its history of tolerance and freedom. The actions of Anders Behring Breivik are not in my view the actions of a madman. I am increasingly concerned about the danger of religious ideologies replacing political ideologies. Extreme interpretations of all ideologies are profoundly dangerous. The 20th century was characterised…
Hannah is a 15 year old student who has just completed a week of work experience with me. She was a bright and enthusiastic student very interested in the work we do and I said I would put her thoughts on the Blog. Here they are: There are many ways in which the Peers from the House of Lords reach…
I don’t like the News of the World but I like closing newspapers even less. This is Rupert Murdoch trying to get out of a very deep hole. What about the staff who are suddenly on the dole when no senior person loses their job and the main charges are still unanswered? There are many…
Every time someone says it can’t get any worse – it does! Many of us knew that hacking was more extensive then the press was admitting but you could never prove it. I didn’t think it would have happened in these horrific murder cases. I would have hoped common human decency would have prevailed. I think…
‘It’s The Sun Wot Won It’ was the headline in the Sun following the 1992 General election. I think my revised version applies to Alex Salmond becoming a born again Monarchist! Take this extract from an interview with Salmond: ‘Alex Salmond, the first minister of Scotland has just given a gushing interview about the Queen…
