I Don’t Think You Understand The Purpose Of A Business, Barnardos…
Employers must throw their weight behind a new law which allows fathers of new babies to share parental leave with their partners – or it could quickly “run into the sand”, a charity has said. And if...
View ArticleRentseeking In Schools Now?
A survey of 6,000 schoolchildren has found widespread misconceptions about the number of immigrants and non-white people living in England, as well as negative attitudes towards Muslims and those born...
View ArticleHurrah For ‘Neuro-Diversity’..!
Not sure what that means..? Well, according to the Civil Service Blog (readers, I venture here because I love it when the enemy reveals their plans..) it’s the next best thing since multigrain artisan...
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The Rise Of The Mentalists Is Unstoppable…
Or at least it will be, if we don’t start fighting back… And humour seems to be the best weapon!
View ArticleI Knew It Was Too Good To Be True…
Lola Okolosie on mobile phones in class: A recent large-scale study found that banning mobile phones improved exam results by 2%, even when gender and class had been accounted for. At first glance it...
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When Did We Abandon Language To The Special Snowflakes?
Frances Ryan whinges predictably: What’s normal? It’s a good question, and as in all matters, my default is to ask: what does Iain Duncan Smith think? Really? Mine’s to turn to Google. Here you go:...
View ArticleAngry Birds!
An academic today warned the owners of a Jack the Ripper museum that a “women’s death brigade” was on its way to protest at it this weekend. Dr Lisa Mckenzie, a research fellow at the London School of...
View ArticleNo Saucy Front Covers Please, We’re British!
When Jilly Cooper’s seminal “bonkbuster” novel Riders was re-released earlier this year with a “sanitised” cover, it was decried as a symbol of political correctness gone too far. Now, however, the...
View ArticleI Wish Someone Told Me ‘I Don’t Belong’ Like This…
Stan Grant on the awful trial that is growing up as an indigenous Australian: There are so many reasons this country has told us we don’t belong. Deborah Cheetham – Indigenous performer and associate...
View ArticleIf This Is What Passes For ‘Education’ These Days…
…then taxpayers are being royally stung! Up to 60 children from Charlton Manor primary school have marched to save the bees. The year six Bee Friendly march – organised by the school’s new campaigns...
View ArticleNo, Yvette, We Won’t Restrict Freedom Of Speech…
…just to give feminist harpies an echo chamber: …, just as we would on the streets, in the pub or at work, we have to challenge misogyny, racism, homophobia and intimidation or threats against others...
View ArticleNanny State Rules Have Consequences…
An article on Polish emigration has this little gem: ”I think Britain should leave the European Union. Then my brother and sister will come back to Poland,” half-joked Katarzyna Górecka. But the...
View ArticleDear God, Whatever Happened To Reading For Fun..?
Susie Day has clearly forgotten that’s what people do: Books for eight to 12s are often about growing up, self-discovery, overcoming a challenge. In classic children’s fiction, physical disability...
View ArticleSuicide notes: #2 UK – Police, Islam & Rule of Law
I recently finished reading ‘Who’d be a Copper?’ by Jonathan Nicholas. If you enjoy insider police accounts in a similar vein to Inspector Gadget and Nightjack (god rest his blog), you may well enjoy...
View ArticleWorking As Intended, Kamena…
Earlier this year, the government introduced a resident’s test which bars anyone, not a lawful resident for at least a year, from accessing legal aid. Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programme at...
View ArticleThey Won’t Pick Up Respect For Women By Osmosis…
Ghiath Al Jebawi (Syrian architect) thinks he has the solution to Cologne’s little rape problem: It is important that the German government does its best to track down the perpetrators and penalises...
View ArticleJust As No Plan Survives Contact With The Enemy…
…it seems no left-wing propaganda survives contact with the ‘oppressed’: A new report states fewer than four in ten of the city’s homeless are from the area and Brighton and Hove City Council is...
View ArticleOh, Now You’re In Favour Of Untraceable Payments..?
The health food chain Tossed has just opened the UK’s first cashless cafe. It’s another step towards the death of cash. Well, umm….yay? Electronic banking put paid to the cheque. Contactless payment is...
View ArticleWell, That Should Settle It!
If the likes of Miqdaad Versi is for Remain, I’m for Brexit! Among British Muslims, I hear a range of views on the European referendum: many seem to be apathetic, some want Britain to remain in the EU...
View ArticleThat Classic ‘Hang On! We Might’ve Gone Too Far!’ Moment…
It comes from Viv Groskop: As Jill Lepore wrote in her brilliant report on child protection in the US in the New Yorker in February, historically speaking we have only really very recently come to...
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