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Why it is time to decriminalise abortion

This week the British Pregnancy Advisory Service launched the We Trust Women campaign to remove abortion from the criminal law across the UK. We believe it is both absurd and offensive that in the 21st century a woman in this country could be imp‎risoned for ending...

We need to open our ears

You may not know it, and it often does not feel like it, but in at least one political sphere we are living through something of a golden age for the Labour party. At a local level, and across whole swaths of the country, Labour is in power and thriving, blessed with...

Electoral reform is a patriotic cause

I have always been a supporter of a fairer voting system. It is seems absurd to me that the United Kingdom has had general elections where the losing party has achieved more votes than the winner, or where whole regions return over 90 per cent of members of parliament...

Neither indulgence nor offence

The main issue of concern which was highlighted in Patrick Carter’s report last week was the lack of bed spaces in the NHS and the cost of ‘bed-blocking’ to it – costing the NHS £900m a year. The fact is that we have a winter bed crisis and hospitals do not have...