Assisted Dying: An Issue of Conscience for MPs
The legalisation, or not, of assisted dying is likely to affect us all and the choices we are allowed to make when we face the end of our lives. Continue reading...
- Posted 19 May 2012
- UK Politics
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The legalisation, or not, of assisted dying is likely to affect us all and the choices we are allowed to make when we face the end of our lives. Continue reading...
Why should Occupy be different to any other organisation where mixed agendas struggle to get to the top of the pile? There are people who through sheer force of personality will have a stronger voice, a winning argument. Occupy is no different from the real world. Continue reading...
Appearance is important to us but when we think of beauty - especially our own beauty - it's always focused on physical flaws we're convinced other people can not only see but that they will accept or reject us for. But beauty is not really about teeth or body fat ratio or hair or skin colour, it's about something intangible. Continue reading...
If I had five minutes with every human being on this planet, these are the questions that I would ask them. I believe that every single one of us has ideas and experiences to share that can lead us to a brighter future. Continue reading...
I've been one of the NHS's most loyal customers most of my life. Growing up with brittle bones I spent so much of my childhood waiting for X-rays that I could spell "danger" and "radiation" from reading the signs on the door at about the same age that most of my peers were getting to grips with "cat" and "dog." Continue reading...
I believe many women feel that in order to be valued by society, they have to be at work. While strong, popular female role models, like Beyonce, are seen returning to work quickly, the voice of the stay-at-home mum remains weak and largely ignored. Continue reading...
Last week marked the 15th anniversary of the pilot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this landmark got me thinking: Where have all the decent female characters gone? Continue reading...
The earth's resources can't sustain the hideous environmental impact of fast, cheap fashion. As our landfills reach capacity with our binned six-week-old Primark leggings, it feels very much to me like the healthy future of the environment is in the fibres in which we chose to clothe ourselves. Continue reading...
The nation's breakfast has moved on from just a bowl of Kellogg's cereal, rashers of bacon topped with HP Sauce and a mug of Yorkshire tea, to something a little more colourful. The first meal of the day has turned into an art form, but does this mean the end of the traditional greasy spoon? Continue reading...
Within British culture, being designated 'the missus' carries significantly less glamorous and dignified connotations than 'Madame'. The anodyne and slightly self-conscious 'Ms' is hardly more appealing, although it does at least attempt to define women independent of their marital status. Continue reading...
If I could make two recommendations for George Osborne to support growth in the creative sector it would be to introduce tax credits for video games and high end TV production in the UK, similar to those that have been enjoyed by the film industry for the last 20 years. Continue reading...
If Eleanor Roosevelt, the dynamic force behind the foundation of the United Nations, could see what is happening in Syria right now, no doubt she would weep. Continue reading...
Last week we saw the ratings agency Fitch downgrade the UK's credit outlook from 'stable' to 'negative'. Cue much wailing and gnashing of teeth in the corridors of power throughout Westminster, with the coalition government saying this justifies their position as the 'guardians of austerity', whilst the Labour party mumbled about how these parsimonious plans clearly weren't working. Continue reading...
I grew up in Preston next to four housing estates and went to a school notorious for crime. A lot of the kids in my neighbourhood spent their time hanging around the streets nicking stuff and getting into trouble. For me it was all about the cricket. I believe that sport gives you purpose and direction and a sense of being part of a team. It's obviously far better to focus on something positive, as opposed to something destructive. Sport makes you feel good and proud. Continue reading...
The philosophy of social pedagogy is largely alien to the UK's care system, yet as social workers mark World Social Work Day, it is a good time to consider how much we could learn from how the profession operates overseas. Continue reading...
The end of week three has come, signalling the completion to our media literacy trip around the US. For a catch up on preceding aspects of my trip in Washington DC, Los Angeles and St Louis, read my previous blogs if you have time. Continue reading...
French children, Jewish and French or, if one prefers, sovereignly French but guilty of having been born Jewish, were coldly gunned down, in broad daylight, on the territory of the Republic. Continue reading...
Throughout Europe and Latin America, and in many U.S. states, a similar debate is playing out: Can and should the drug war be replaced with drug regulation that supports individuals with health issues and focuses law enforcement on serious criminals? Continue reading...
The selling of interest rate swaps to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), by the High Street banks, looks set to engulf those institutions just as they seem set to deal with the final froes of the PPI mis-selling pay outs. Continue reading...
In the recent economic crisis, many of the failures of the system have been attributed to the systematic trading of increasingly elaborate "derivatives"(which are sorts of bets on the future value of an asset), a practise which is made possible by the use of complex mathematical tools, such as the... Continue reading...
In the week of the budget, Labour has little economic credibility and is rightfully trailing the Tories on who would run the economy better. While I believe that Osborne has made many wrong choices on the economy, Labour has consistently been out of line with and detached from the economic reality. Continue reading...
Having spent over 20 years working with brands -for the first time ever I find myself contemplating- rather than shape a brand's main focus at customers - what about the idea that the employee - or future employee is more important to the business health than the customers themselves? Continue reading...
