July 2008 - Posts
By Mike McNabb A report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on immigration
and inclusion came to my attention as it offered some grounds for optimism.
Inevitably, there was a down side with certain myths about immigrants stubbornly immutable. Read More...
By Mike McNabb There are more than 700,000 homes lying empty in England
alone and the number of households living in temporary accommodation is about 83,000 . Read More...
By Mike McNabb Labour's bold plan to force knife offenders meet victims was always a risky one to float. Read More...
By Mike McNabb After Wednesday's Outside Left bemoaned the treatment of asylum-seeking Darfuris and Zimbabweans , we have, at last, some positive news. It is reported that the threat of deportation facing 10,000 Zimbabweans has been lifted . Read...
By Mike McNabb On holiday recently, the wife of my oldest friend presented
us with a quartet of superb cigars from the Dominican Republic. The box assured
us, in a typesize normally seen on the pages of red-top newspapers, that the
contents would cause...
By Mike McNabb Radio 4's Today programme has been examining care for the
elderly and this week carried a worrying report about the lot of a care
assistant. Read More...
By Mike McNabb On Friday a rally will be held in Westminster to urge the government to grant right-to-work status for Zimbabwean asylum seekers in the UK. Read More...
By Mike McNabb Has anyone outside the Metropolitan Police kept a tally of the number of stabbings in London in the past week or so? Sorry to sound glib, only I started to but I lost count. Read More...
By Mike McNabb A couple of months ago I wrote a partly tongue-in-cheek
piece about nomophobia , the fear of losing one's mobile phone. But it also
highlighted my concern that we were starting to invent mental health issues for
the sake of it. Read...
By Mike McNabb So, all you single social care workers earning more than £13,400 a year: stop complaining and get back to your caseloads. Read More...
By Mike McNabb With the Youth Justice Board's less-than-sparkling
performance on reducing child custody numbers by 10% in recent years (they
increased by 10%), it is justifiable to grumble that "something must be done". Read More...
By Mike McNabb I was out of London for only one week and naively expected
even Team Boris to avoid doing something to annoy me. I was only partly
disappointed. Read More...