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Lord Sugar's gender agenda | Cath Elliott

It's comforting to hear that Lord Alan Sugar, the government's so-called enterprise "champion", is having second thoughts about accepting his new post: in fact I'm sure I can't be the only one thinking: "Well go on then Suralan, do us all a favour and ...

From CATH ELLIOTT, Comment Is Free,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Alan Sugar,  Gordon Brown

The parent's jabs of panic | Cath Elliott

After a week of hesitating over whether to sign the consent form, I'd just about decided to give the go-ahead for my youngest daughter, Sophie, to receive the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine. Then on Monday the news broke about a 14-year-old girl ...

From CATH ELLIOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Sarah Palin

Saints without miracles

Like the better-known Oskar Schindler, Sendlerowa has been recognised by Israel's Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous among the Nations, a term used to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during ...

From CATH ELLIOTT, Comment Is Free,  29 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Oskar Schindler,  Harriet Tubman,  Nelson Mandela,  Aung San Suu Kyi

Undecided in Norwich North

In the past I haven't had much of a problem deciding who to vote for, because despite my opposition to the Iraq war, and my concerns about the erosion of our civil liberties that's been taking place under the careful watch of New Labour, I've always ...

From CATH ELLIOTT, Comment Is Free,  22 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Craig Murray,  UK Conservative Party,  Liberal Democrats,  Gordon Brown,  Twitter Inc

Don't let faith be a front for prejudice

"In a civil society, it should be axiomatic that all rights should be respected… I believe one of the most important functions of government is to protect a citizen's freedom of expression and the free exercise of religious conscience. When this organ ...

From CATH ELLIOTT, Comment Is Free,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: House of Commons

We won't stop fighting the sex industry

At some point this year, with a bit of luck and a good following wind, the new policing and crime bill should finally become law. This is the bill that proposes to change the way we deal with prostitution in this country, creating a new offence of ...

From CATH ELLIOTT, Comment Is Free,  26 Jun 2009

Family fun time in Britain Plc

I'm not sure if it's the exhortation to "get your family out and get active" that prompts it, or the involvement of Capital Shopping Centres, but every time I see the publicity for Britain's first-ever National Family Week that's due to begin on 25 May, ...

From CATH ELLIOTT, Comment Is Free,  18 May 2009

'My sympathy's for the women'

Prime minster steps in and declares minister has apologised, describing the affair as a 'personal matter' Your IP address will be logged In order to post a comment you need to be registered and signed in. In order to post a comment you need to be ...

From CATH ELLIOTT, Guardian Unlimited,  6 Apr 2009

The patriarchy made flesh

If Brazilian Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho had had his way, an innocent nine-year-old girl would be living out a death sentence now. Carrying twins after being raped by her stepfather, the girl underwent an abortion after complaining of stomach ...

From CATH ELLIOTT, Comment Is Free,  25 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Daniel Ortega,  Pope Benedict XVI

We do things differently in Norfolk

I have to admit I was a bit put out when I realised there would be no atheist buses coming to my neck of the woods. I loved the campaign slogan, even with the inclusion of "probably," and once it became clear that enough money had been raised to convey ...

From CATH ELLIOTT, Comment Is Free,  3 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Ian Gibson,  Thomas Paine

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