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Top scientists are popping pills to bolster their already bulging brains. Why not, if the drugs are safe and effective?
One of this country’s most serious (and most expensive) problems is that there is too much that doesn’t matter going on
A student hovel or a broken sofa in a Brighton squat was far preferable to the most cosseting of suburban luxuries with mum and dad
Is there something about being rich, highly educated and well travelled that makes toffs unfit for office?
NHS policies bring to mind an interfering child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
It is hard enough to be an adequate parent with supposedly normal intelligence. For someone of very low intelligence it is even harder
Tony Blair once declared that we are all middle class now; today he could almost as well say we are all professional
Generally, we need fewer MPs, much less of their time and a great deal less of the expense of them. That is a cheering thought
To frame a radical social policy, just to embarrass and marginalise the opposition party, is grotesquely immature and irresponsible
To abandon reason and to adopt emotion in attacking Nick Griffin is entirely counterproductive, as we can already see
The system has been brought low by poorly qualified, trained and motivated teachers, supported by their unions
It is both foolish and wrong of the President to accept the Nobel peace prize for something he has obviously not achieved
I wonder what Roman Polanski's showbiz friends would think if he penetrated their daughters. Actually, I don’t wonder. They'd go insane
If such a thing happened to my child, I would be tempted to tie up the headmistress and vicar and whip them senseless
The truth is that many religions have certain beliefs that are not merely irrational but sometimes dangerous and unacceptable
We are no longer innocent until proved guilty but guilty until certified innocent by the state
Perhaps it might really be best if babies who are at risk from disasterous mothers were compulsorily taken away at birth and adopted
This bad and cruel nursing is completely unacceptable. Is there no one bold enough to do something?
The Gordon Brown Academy is well meaning, industrious, although often arrogant and resistant to evidence. Unlikely to improve
Bicycling seems to be suitable only for the reckless, nerveless unwashed and it’s a public menace too
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