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Who will help the volunteers? | Ally Fogg

Everyone loves volunteers. Politicians laud them as the future of the nation; dignitaries pin them with gongs; the Queen invites them to tea. What a pity this admiration does not stretch to extending them any meaningful rights. For six years, Ian ...

From ALLY FOGG, Comment Is Free,  19 Nov 2009

Attack of the killer Custard Creams

Attack of the biscuits - you can run, but you can't hide Photograph: Sarah Lee/guardian.co.uk Regular Cif readers may have noticed that I've been slightly critical at times of slapdash research, dubious statistics and churnalism. Well, I take it all ...

From ALLY FOGG, Comment Is Free,  9 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Sarah Lee

Arresting developments

The debate on domestic violence (DV) statistics took a fascinating turn last week. Recent years have seen numerous surveys which suggest that incidents involving male victims and female perpetrators are more common than had previously been assumed. Men' ...

From ALLY FOGG, Comment Is Free,  6 Sep 2009

Ally Fogg: The Bullingdon Club – a smashing idea

According to rock 'n' roll legend, when Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant was settling the bill at a Midwest hotel in 1975, he was faced with the usual extras – the replacement charge for the fittings and furniture that had somehow leapt suicidally ...

From ALLY FOGG, Guardian Unlimited,  25 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Peter Grant,  Craig Murray

Ally Fogg: The power of panto

Ally Fogg in the pantomime Cinderella I can confirm that the great British tradition of pantomime is alive and well, and our friend Harry Phibbs can sleep easy over Christmas. Apparently about 3 million people will visit a panto this ...

From ALLY FOGG, Comment Is Free,  22 Dec 2008

Ally Fogg: Monkey business

Ally Fogg: It's not the surplus of creationism in the classroom that is the problem. It's the shortage of ...

From ALLY FOGG, Guardian Unlimited,  1 Nov 2008

Ally Fogg: Our approach to locking up young offenders is barbaric

Ally Fogg: The way we lock up young offenders is barbaric. Investment in prevention would be far more effective – and ...

From ALLY FOGG, Guardian Unlimited,  24 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Jack Straw,  Ministry of Justice

Ally Fogg: This Policy Exchange report is a terrifying glimpse of Tory thinking

Back in the heyday of the late, great Screaming Lord Sutch, the Official Monster Raving Loony Party had one policy in particular that I always thought a winner. They proposed that Great Britain should be towed into the middle of the Mediterranean in ...

From ALLY FOGG, Comment Is Free,  13 Aug 2008
Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  David Cameron,  Sunderland F.C.

Ally Fogg: If the UK's media was influential, we'd all live in Balamory

Suppose for a minute you are the minister responsible for promoting ill-health, drug abuse, antisocial behaviour, sexual licentiousness and personal irresponsibility. Your brief is to ensure the United Kingdom continues to lead the world in these ...

From ALLY FOGG, Comment Is Free,  7 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Amy Winehouse,  Max Mosley

Ally Fogg: There should be provision for all victims of domestic violence, regardless of their gender

All forms of domestic violence – psychological, economic, emotional and physical – come from the abuser's desire for power and control over other family members or intimate partners. Domestic violence is the result of an abuser's desire for power and ...

From ALLY FOGG, Comment Is Free,  1 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  BBC,  New York University

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