Eugenics is the new black. A bill to authorise medically assisted suicide is being introduced in the Scottish Parliament. The establishment appears fully behind it. In the Daily Telegraph, Lord Jonathan Sumption, a former member of our supreme court, backs the idea “on balance” as being “morally justified”. In the Times, Matthew Parris, that weathervane […]
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Given the recent report on record school expulsions, this must be what outsiders wonder most about. It certainly was when I thought about teaching. You’d see youths lurking on buses or outside McDonald’s and think: ‘Christ, imagine being stuck in a classroom with that shower. You couldn’t pay me to!’ It’s not helped by unrealistic
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Did you perchance unintentionally sleep late or get an hour behind time this Easter Sunday morning? If so, you will probably be one of hundreds of thousands of others who likely also forgot to advance their timepieces and did much the same – all as a result of the UK’s curious official bi-annual clock-changing
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Intelligence is no more than a leg muscle. It may be thin and scrawny, but it can still be useful for certain scenarios like piano playing. It may be huge and bulging – useful for sprinting or scrummaging. It may be toned and sinewy – useful for ice-skating or ballet dancing. The fact is that
The main purpose historically of the Conservative Party is to conserve. Rather like the RSPB is supposed to protect birds the Conservative Party is supposed to protect Britain. Protecting Britain involves defending our island against its enemies, which requires us to have a strong defence and a series of alliances with friendly nations. Britain now
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I have never worried about climate change because I was sure that humans would do something irredeemably stupid long before any possible consequences of a small change in the atmosphere. And lo, here they are doing countless irredeemably stupid things all at once. From a vast and expanding field of idiotic activities let us mention four forces,
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Any avid reader of alternative news/current debate media will have assimilated almost by electronic osmosis a rapidly expanding list of current worries. These worries probably started with the Covid farce, “vaxx” outcomes, “climate emergency/Net Zero”, immigration, etc. etc., as well as personal pet-hates of choice. Philip Larkin’s “They Fuck You Up” (aka ’This be the
Imagine if there were a new war between India or Pakistan. Let’s say the long-term territorial dispute over Kashmir flared up again and the Indian and Pakistani armies started fighting again. Or alternatively imagine that Pakistan tried to retake its former territory of East Pakistan, modern day Bangladesh. What line should we expect from Rishi
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Following swiftly on from Rishy Sunak (temporary PM in name only now) “reaching out” for ideas with his dodgy questionnaire, I’ve today been touched (and not in a good way) to be the recipient of a letter from the hallowed NHS also “reaching out”. Clearly the joint sender’s of this appeal for my help, Raghib
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The internet has not, let us be honest, been an unalloyed blessing. Being able to communicate with almost any individual on the planet is marvellous. Being the target of a Twitter storm is not. Being able to buy almost anything at the click of a button is a boon, but many things are available which
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