To be treated with respect and dignity. This is the most basic of Human Rights. Yet hundreds of Britain’s elderly citizens are denied this. The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) recently published a shocking report. The report, Rights, Risks and Restraints, is based on a survey of 253 older people and their carers and…
If Ed Balls was a student, I would fail him. His career as Schools Secretary has been stained with the SATS marking fiasco and questionable education standards. Recently, after a huge amount of stress to pupils, parents and teachers, SATS were abandoned overnight because the Government were unable to devise a suitable marking system. …
A pantomime is being staged in Parliament – Christmas has come early for Sir Fred Goodwin. Cast List: Sir Fred ‘The Shred’ Goodwin (former Royal Bank of Scotland Chief Executive) –Abanazar, who snatches the Treasury lamp. Lord Myners (Financial Services Secretary and Government Spokesperson) – Baron Hardup. Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown (Prime Minister) and Rt.…
Carol Thatcher, reality TV star and daughter of the former PM, has been in the news this week! In the Green Room at the BBC, she apparently referred to a French tennis player as a ‘golliwog’. This was in the presence of presenters and the production crew. It is claimed that she failed to apologise…
This week The Good Childhood Inquiry reported that children in the UK are more unhappy than their European counterparts. The report concludes that this, and bad behaviour amongst UK children, stems from “excessive adult individualism”. For as long as I can remember, the media has focused more on the problems with our youth than the…
