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Psychological illnesses at home are disproportionately worse than at college/school

At home even a short period of illness is exaggerated to the maximum; one is scarred for life by the constant chatter and judgement of one’s condition, there is no privacy, no confidentiality and the drama never ends. In-house shrinks at colleges and schools respect confidentiality and the studen...more...

Is Britain now out of the recession for good?

Britain is finally out of recession. However growth is not yet secure and there is the possibility that it may slip, exports rely upon the weak sterling that could change if the overall economy improves. The banks may be in a better financial position but carry on the same way they always did. Ov...more...

Does Gordon Brown deserve credit for stabilising the economy?

Gordon Brown has been relying on the economy picking up before the election and then taking the credit for the rebound so that he can win the election. It certainly seems that he can claim that he has stabilised the economy. However it is less clear whether he should be able to take credit for it...more...

Europe should announce big unilateral cuts in emissions.

Angela Merkel was supposedly very annoyed that the Chinese were even against the previously agreed commitment to cuts of 80% by 2050 by developed nations (Europe and Japan in particular as the US had its hands tied) being included in the final deal at Copenhagen. The Europeans were also consideri...more...

Bankers should pay windfall taxes on bonuses.

The anger over bankers bonuses has finally lead to action in the form of a windfall tax on bankers bonuses. This is justified due to the large profits being made by banks who used government money during the bail outs and were proped up by the Bank of England printing money. However this seems to...more...

Information should be translated into minority languages.

While the language of the nation is English in order for many minorities some are not fluent enough in English to understand government information given out in English. So even if the numbers are very small they need to have information published in their language. Minority British languages su...more...

The dodgy dossier did not ‘misrepresent’ the threat from Saddam’s WMD.

In his hearing before the Chilcot inquiry Alastair Campbell has defended every word of the so called ‘dodgy dossier’ that was published as evidence of the need for a pre-emptive war against Iraq due to the threat from Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction. This dossier was however known fo...more...

Is a cashless society likely?

Paper money revolutionised the economy when it was introduced (In Europe during the 17th century, though it was around from the end of the first millennium in China) however now it is getting old. We are increasingly moving towards a cashless society. Money will change hands using cards, the inte...more...

Is Ryanair right to describe itself as "the best thing to happen to the consumer since slice...

Ryanair claims that it is the best thing to happen to the British consumer since sliced bread. This is quite a strong claim by the company many hate but still fly. It may have revolutionised the pricing of planes and therefore how we travel around Europe but it does have competitors and a tendenc...more...

Should Iceland compensate the UK and Netherlands for Icesave's collapse?

In 2008 the bank Landsbanki collapsed along with its Icesave counter part, the bank was then nationalised. Many Dutch and UK customers had to be compensated by their national Government and now these Governments seek compensation from Iceland. Whilst the Icelandic Parliament voted in a bill to pa...more...