It is apparently acceptable for Brigitte Bardot to spend decades whipping up racial hatred and still be celebrated as a national icon, perhaps helped by glamour, distance, and nostalgia. But it is unacceptable for Gary Lineker to voice contemporary moral objections to cruelty and injustice.
As ever, responsibility for this alleged civic misery was pinned on a single figure – Sadiq Khan.
Stonewall’s corporate donations more than halved over the past year.
While the eyes of the world are so sharply focused on the need to defend press freedom, it is vital to acknowledge the increasing trend for journalists to be targeted.
Despite years of calls for better management, in 2013-14 overpayments amounted to £1.4 billion and underpayments to £0.4 billion.
The carbon footprint of the UK’s 18 biggest airports has shrunk by three per cent since 2010, even though passenger numbers increased by five per cent over the same period.
Cuts to budgets mean entire networks of buses have disappeared.
Catholic fanatic believes that no-one has the ‘moral right’ to insult religion.
Only a robust defence of the right to be offended allows individuals to enjoy their own rights to self-expression.
Blasphemy and critical evaluation of Mohammed’s character have always been forbidden, and have been a highly sensitive issue throughout the history of Islam.
David Cameron will today accuse Labour of lacking credibility. As we’re on the subject, it’s worth looking at the credibility of the PM when it comes to the three big pledges he made in 2010.
A key government report on asbestos in schools was due in June 2014. Yet it still hasn’t been published. Why?
The moral case for supporting LGBT rights isn’t persuading global policymakers. It’s time we spoke in a language they understand.
