Archive for December, 2007
Toy weapons: why the government is (surprisingly) right and the NUT is wrong
BBC NEWS | Education | Toy weapons help boys to learnA new government report urging teachers not to stop boys playing with toy weapons has been sharply criticised by the NUT and the NASUWT. NUT General Secretary Steve Sinnott said that the problem was that toy weapons "symbolised aggression". Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT decided [...]
Banning prostitution is not the answer — but fining the clients might be
BBC NEWS | Politics | UK should outlaw paying for sex After endless amounts of backwards and forwards discussion, Harriet Harman is considering "banning" prostitution. Her reasons are something I applaud - to reduce the sex market, thereby decreasing the profits of sex-trafficking, and moving towards eliminating the modern [...]
Narrow victory demonstrates strength of both candidates
Nick Clegg's victory by a little more than 500 votes out of 41,000 cast demonstrates just how strong both candidates were. Both Nick and Chris ran excellent campaigns, and both put forward strong cases. Nick's victory is well-deserved, and he will now take the party forward with strength and vitality. He defeated Chris Huhne narrowly, but he [...]
