Good Society
The privatisation of Royal Mail will mean scrapped services and inflated prices
Now the government has announced its intention to privatise Royal Mail, we must face up to the prospect of what the postal service might look like in a few years’ time. If the energy or rail privatisations are anything to go by those prospects are not good.
Sharia councils: unjust, unequal and consequence of failed integration policies
Sharia courts, which are wrongly perceived to be part of a Muslim’s ‘right to religion’, are in actual fact part of the political battle and fight for power by Islamists.
Parents who don’t vaccinate their children with MMR ‘irresponsible’, say 7 in 10 parents
In a sign that the message is starting to get through about the danger of measles, seven out of ten parents believe parents who do not vaccinate their children with MMR are being irresponsible, according to a new ComRes/ITV poll.
With our current prison system, Chris Grayling’s talk of ‘purposeful activity’ is meaningless
Too many prisons act like bad parents. Rather than doing anything productive with those in their care, it’s a lot less effort to simply plonk them in front of the TV to veg out.
Freedom from want is nothing without the freedom from fear
In the last year, across the world, 30 per cent of internet users have faced increased restrictions on accessing content. The Association for Progressive Communications estimates that over 45 states have imposed some kind of online restrictions.
Where is the logic in restricting prisoners’ access to exercise?
The Mail reports today that the government is to "end the cushy life in prison" for British inmates, who will apparently be denied access to television and the gym. "Instead offenders will start their life behind bars adhering to a spartan regime, wearing prison uniform and having to earn any perks," the Mail adds.