What’s right for the Left?
I recommend Dave Middleton’s blog post Towards Peace and Justice about the recent initiative from Jeremy Corbyn to establish The Project For Peace and Justice. Like Dave I welcome this…
Is the Beeb Biased?
I’ve been trying to think of a way to show that often, when someone attacks the BBC or other broadcasters for not being impartial it’s really because it’s saying something…
A Covid Retrospective – In the beginning
We all strive to live in the present. Perhaps more than ever before, because of the information revolution and the growth of social media, we are the now generation. The…
Leading Questions for Kier Starmer
UNITY Starmer won the Labour leadership on a simple platform. He was the unity candidate. Corbyn’s leadership had been marked by division that had played badly with voters. This was…
Should Robots Pay Taxes?
The growing attraction of populist ideas and parties, sometimes of the left, but more often of the nativist right is in part fuelled by the alienation of those left behind…
A Tale of Two Headlines
On Tuesday 19th July the Northwest Evening Mail was dominated by the news that the renewal of Trident guaranteed the future prosperity of Barrow-in-Furness, where BAe Systems will build the…
Autism: Challenging Behaviour
Introduction Michael Fitzpatrick is a retired GP with a profoundly autistic son. Mike is also the author of MMR and Autism: What Parents Need to Know and Defeating Autism: A…
Why are Wakefield’s views on MMR still news?
Today’s i Paper and Independent carry a front page story that gives Andrew Wakefield everything he could wish for. Two days ago I blogged a piece on Wakefield’s recent attempt…
Libel Reform Under Threat
Britain has some of the worst libel laws in the world. They are used to stifle legitimate comment and bully writers who are trying to expose the excesses of the…
Adam Lanza: scapegoating is not the answer
My thanks to Michael Baron for this PRESS RELEASE from Autism-Europe. 18 December 2012 Caution over linking autism with school massacre in United States Numerous media reports have claimed that,…