Once there was a very wealthy Saudi prince who was worried about a FOX nipping at his heels and bringing attention to things better left hidden. The prince thought about trying to fight the FOX, but being intelligent had an even better idea: he would feed the FOX and befriend him, thus insuring that the FOX would do his bidding when he wanted him to. And that is pretty much the story of why FOX ne...

When it comes to compulsory sex education in school I am firmly opposed to it for a number of reasons. First of all, I am against it because I do not see that it is any business of the state. I am, I think, a responsible parent. I know my kids better than any government official and I know when they will need to know about sex and how much to tell them at any given time. As far as I'm concern...

Since we’re now in day three of the 364 men’s days in any given year, I thought I’d indulge myself with a Big Question: democracy or dictatorship - which is better for women, in reference to the world’s two largest...

From the Guardian letters page: "My friend John Kampfner (I want to vote for a progressive Labour platform. So I'm backing the Lib Dems, 9 March) is amnesic and myopic. His memory of Labour "changes for the better" omits the highest level of employment in UK history, the massive increases in NHS, education, science and overseas development investment, child and pension tax credits, and several oth...

David Willetts says that is the contract between the generations is broken.

Please stay in Unison and help us fight for our rightsI understand how angry some - many - members will be in the branches which have been taken over by Regional officials.I share the anger at the way in which the democratic rights of trade unionists have been denied on utterly spurious grounds, I was a member of the Greenwich branch and know from personal experience that it is one of the better r...

Professor David Kerr, a former Labour adviser who has shifted allegiance to the Tories, says that empowering patients will make a better NHS

Cornwall Labour Party has welcomed Labour's £69 million investment in Cornwall's schools, announced today by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Jude Robinson said: "We are proud of Labour's investment in our children, our schools and our county. The best education is absolutely vital to providing a better future and more opportunities. "From Penzance to Pool, C...

Word is getting out, and it is explained better and better. I first heard about the false Left and Right dichotomy, reading Stephen Hicks' "Explaining Postmodernism", now entirely available online. With Communism and Socialism on the far Left, and Nazis and fascists on the extreme Right hand side of this political scale - capitalism and liberty is positioned smack in the middle? It just doesn...

LIVINGSTON SNP MSP Angela Constance has called for improvements in Scotland's neonatal care after a charity revealed expectant mothers and newborn babies were being trans