September 2009 - Posts
At 5pm today, if Hammersmith and Fulham Council in London
has its way, a group of refuseniks who have not signed new employment contracts
will leave their place of work for the last time. Read More...
The brilliant QC Michael Mansfield describes his job as
"defending the indefensible". This week Hollywood, politicians and literary
figures have been coming over all Michael Mansfield about film director and,
let us not forget, child sex offender...
When did a mass protest last achieve its aims? A couple of
weeks ago, as it happens, when London's black cab drivers blocked streets to
object to a man with a history of paranoid schizophrenia joining their ranks. Read More...
At last the director of public prosecutions has clarified
the instances in which it may be permissible - but not legal - to assist
someone to take their own life. Read More...
We knew David Cameron had it in for ContactPoint , the child
database that is being piloted in some areas. Now the Liberal Democrats say
they want it scrapped. Read More...
Yesterday Sangatte; today the "jungle" at Calais. It is a persistently familiar issue. Read More...
Earlier this week I wrote about a care home campaigner who is facing a conduct hearing , where it has been alleged that she breached client confidentiality. Read More...
Cuts and welfare have dominated the news this week - and I
fear this is more than a coincidence. Read More...
There is an interesting conduct tribunal under way involving
a solicitor who campaigns against the closure of residential care homes. Read More...
The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse heroin is
expected today to press for a roll-out of heroin shooting galleries . Read More...
Mental health issues seldom receive a positive press but a
feature on a trainee black cab driver on last night's BBC London news made a sortie deep
into shock-jock territory. Read More...
Courtesy of a huge effort from teenage girls , the UK has
found itself top of the international league in one respect: drunkenness. Read More...