To tackle the increasing danger of ‘over-hydrated’ parents, those with children are being subjected to a harsh rationing of 2 drinks per visit. Perhaps Wetherspoon’s (famous for cut price alcohol and meal deals) is set to become a guiding light in the battle against binge-drinking, by advocating a sensible approach to responsible parenting? Wetherspoon’s have… [Read More]
New Year celebrations; Auld lang syne, people uniting, setting off fireworks… Slovenia takes on the EU Presidency for the first half of 2008 and New Year revelries look set to continue, with the diminutive state pledging to encourage supra-national unity to “strengthen the European perspective” and “promote dialogue between cultures, beliefs and traditions”, writes Claire… [Read More]
Daniel Hannan takes on the issue of the so-called ‘obesity epidemic’ while John Tierney predicts more spurious climate change alarm in 2008. As the new year emerges and the Government tries to shake off the failures of the last few months like a bad hangover, we must remember: when politicians trumpet new problems which only… [Read More]
Brown’s belated signing of the Lisbon Treaty has been documented well enough and there’s not much I could add to the chorus of criticism that surrounds his doing so without granting what everyone wants for Christmas – a referendum. This despite earlier that very same day having declared to the House of Commons that ‘you… [Read More]
Our recently published children’s reading and writing course, The Butterfly Book by Irina Tyk, has become a hit in the run up to Christmas. In the wake of one Daily Mail report, the office telephones have been positively buzzing with calls from parents (and grandparents) eager to offer the gift of literacy to young members… [Read More]
Was it Ted Cantle? John Denham? Charles Clarke? Hazel Blears? Wrong, if you thought that it was any of these. According to John Stuart Mill, and I have not come across anything to contradict his claim, it was Samuel Taylor Coleridge. continued on the Centre for Social Cohesion blog.
EU, Sarkozy, Merkel, wise men, reflection group
In March this year, 48% of patients recalled being offered a choice of hospital for their first outpatient appointment. Since then, in every survey the DH has conducted, this figure has fallen. In the latest survey – conducted in July – it stands at just 43%. This really is quite a feat – though not… [Read More]
Yesterday Ed Balls, the secretary of state for children, schools and families, unveiled the government’s plan to make Britain “the best place in the world for our children to grow up in” – writes Claire Daley and Nick Cowen.The so-called “Children’s plan” aims to tackle crucial education and social issues facing children today in the… [Read More]
Yesterday at the Old Bailey, three young men, Sodrul Islam, Delwar Hussain and Mamoon Hussain, were convicted of the attempted murder of a thirty-one year old fourth man, John Payne. The attempted murder took place in April 2006 on the Clichy estate in Stepney in London’s Tower Hamlets. continued on the Centre for Social Cohesion… [Read More]