April 2009 - Posts
Tomorrow is May Day. This year it is also Blogging Against
Disablism Day . Read More...
First, the good news: sex education is to be made compulsory
in all state schools in England, reports The Guardian . Read More...
If the Conservatives win the next general election, it will
mean the end of the seemingly jinxed child database, ContactPoint. Read More...
St George's Day may have been celebrated by some. For others
it was a day of mourning. Read More...
The Budget could have been worse. It could have been
delivered by George Osborne. Read More...
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 . Read More...
It was left to BBC Radio 4's Any Questions at the weekend
to maintain the momentum on the question of whistleblowing. Read More...
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. Read More...
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. Read More...
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. Read More...
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. Read More...
More than two years ago a Congolese father told the BBC about his hopes for a new, peaceful life in Scotland with his family. Read More...
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. Read More...
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. Read More...
Cary Gee woke up to Radio 4's Today programme recently to hear that someone wanted him dead. Stoned to death, no less. Read More...