In a cracking interpretation of the old socialist doctrine, redistribution of wealth, a Church of England vicar has recommended shoplifting for those who are living in poverty.
Continue reading One way to relieve poverty: shoplift.
December 2009 Archives
What a contrast in the reactions of Wednesday morning's newspapers to the sentence handed down to paedophile nursery nurse Vanessa George.
Continue reading Vanessa George: The press can't make up their minds.
Could this really happen? There is a move to introduce a law - or at least Whitehall has refused to rule one out, according the Daily Telegraph - to ban parents from smoking in front of their children.
Continue reading Is smoking in front of children abuse?.
Social workers looking forward to a whopping 1% pay rise in each of the next two years must be apoplectic as they listen to our irresponsible, gung-ho bankers threatening to quit the UK because their ill-gotten bonuses above £25,000 will be taxed at 50%.
Continue reading If only social workers could be taxed on a £25k bonus.
The word "adequate" is proving a controversial one after the publication of the Care Quality Commission's annual performance assessments.
Continue reading Those CQC ratings are less than adequate .
Private provider Care UK may have been celebrating its rise in profits three weeks ago but this week marks the end of yet another contract, this time in Islington.
Continue reading Care UK loses another contract after complaints.
This is the best excuse yet for a night out. MPs, led Labour's Keith Vaz, are looking for the "best club" in London for cocaine use.
Continue reading MPs club together for a drugs run.
We hadn't heard much about marriage from the Tories until David Cameron was interviewed by our old friends at the Daily Mail this week and accused Labour of being "pathologically" opposed to supporting the institution. Anyone would think the Conservative leader was worried about the polls.
Continue reading David Cameron's marriage proposal ridden with flaws.
British Red Cross marked World Aids Day 2009 by releasing the findings of a survey of young people's attitudes towards the virus - with some paradoxical results.
Continue reading Young people display old misconceptions about HIV/Aids.
I missed BBC One's Inside Sport investigation into depression among sportspeople, but it featured the former All Black John Kirwan who fronted an advertising campaign in New Zealand to destigmatise the condition.
Continue reading Depression: When rugby turned all black for legend John Kirwan.
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