Tomorrow is May Day. This year it is also Blogging Against Disablism Day.
Continue reading Blogging Against Disablism Day nears.
April 2009 Archives
First, the good news: sex education is to be made compulsory in all state schools in England, reports The Guardian.
Continue reading Sex education move is a charter for bigots.
If the Conservatives win the next general election, it will mean the end of the seemingly jinxed child database, ContactPoint.
Continue reading Why has Cameron got it in for ContactPoint?.
St George's Day may have been celebrated by some. For others it was a day of mourning.
Continue reading Why St George's Day was one for mourning.
The Budget could have been worse. It could have been delivered by George Osborne.
Continue reading Budget: We cannot complain (too much).
On the day that London mayor Boris Johnson called for tougher action on violence against women, he pulled the plug on funding for three rape crisis centres.
Continue reading Boris Johnson pulls funding for rape crisis centres.
It was left to BBC Radio 4's Any Questions at the weekend to maintain the momentum on the question of whistleblowing.
Continue reading Any Questions answers whistleblowing question.
As Budget day nears, politicians and groups such as Age
Concern and Help the Aged are pressing chancellor Alistair Darling to address
the issues that they hold dear.
Continue reading Lobby grows for Budget aid for young and old.
Sir Alan Steer, the government's school behaviour tsar
(yes, there is one), is concerned about the influence on pupils of celebrity
culture - if indeed culture is the right word.
Continue reading That'll teach 'em good behaviour.
The knee has jerked. This time, after two boys aged 10
and 11 were charged with attempted murder in Doncaster, it is Chris Grayling's
knee.
Continue reading Chris Grayling, Gordon Brown and national servitude.
It's Maundy Thursday, when the Queen traditionally hands out alms to some of Britain's poor. This year, 166 pensioners in Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, are the beneficiaries.
Continue reading Save the Children now helping UK families.
More than two years ago a Congolese father told the BBC about his hopes for a new, peaceful life in Scotland with his family.
Continue reading Hear the views of asylum seekers and refugees.
It has all the hallmarks of the Thalidomide scandal of the 1960s and 1970s. The morning sickness drug given to pregnant women caused them to give birth to babies without arms and legs.
Continue reading Forced use of drugs on children must be investigated.
Last week I pondered the Tory epiphany moments: when top Conservatives realise it is time to review the nonsense they have been spouting for aeons.
Continue reading Top Tory calls for minimum wage rise.
Cary Gee woke up to Radio 4's Today programme recently to hear that someone wanted him dead. Stoned to death, no less.
Continue reading Cleric's views show need for law against homophobia.
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