Tag Archives: UK

Sir Patrick Moore (1923-2012)

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

One of Britain’s television legends has just died. His Daily Telegraph obituary can be found here. Some key extracts: A genuine eccentric who never took himself too seriously, Moore played up to his image as a “mad professor”, and wrote … Continue reading →

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Britons Abroad

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on The Corner Via The Daily Telegraph: An influential British-based preacher is leading an armed gang of more than a hundred Islamist fighters in Syria, it can be disclosed. In a video posted on the internet in the last … Continue reading →

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Lunatic, Asylum, etc.

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Just when you think that David Cameron’s stumblebum government cannot get any worse, here’s a piece of news that does not bode well for British patients, taxpayers or both. Tom Chivers writes in The Daily Telegraph: The man [just] put … Continue reading →

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Locked-In

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Independent: The debate about assisted suicide has been reignited after the [English] High Court ruled that two men with locked-in-syndrome cannot be legally helped to die. Tony Nicklinson, 58, and a second man known as Martin, 47, mounted legal … Continue reading →

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Witchcraft. London. 2012.

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via The Daily Telegraph: ‘Political correctness’ is preventing police from stopping child abuse by parents and church leaders who believe in witchcraft, a minister warns. Tim Loughton, the children’s minister, said that a “wall of silence” was obscuring the full … Continue reading →

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John Fisher: Biter Bit

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the (British) Catholic Herald, Francis Phillips claims that she “feels a shiver when I see the parallels between our world and that of St John Fisher”. The context, inevitably, is of officialdom’s supposed attack on religious freedom in … Continue reading →

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‘Honor’ Killings

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: The Daily Telegraph’s Cristina Odone is rightly appalled by the murder of Shafilea Ahmed: Shafilea Ahmed’s parents have been found guilty of her murder. The beautiful 17-year-old Cheshire schoolgirl was killed by her own mother and … Continue reading →

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Fool or Knave?

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien is at it again: Via the Guardian: One of Britain’s most prominent religious figures, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, has accused David Cameron of immoral behaviour and of favouring rich City financiers over those struggling on lower incomes. … Continue reading →

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London in the 21st Century

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, here’s Damian Thompson with a terrible story about superstition and murder in contemporary London: A 15-year-old boy is tortured to death for witchcraft. In London. In 2010. And the private reaction of police and social … Continue reading →

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A Test of Civilization

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Count me skeptical whether there is a ‘right’ to die, or a right to very much else for that matter, but a truly humane society would not force this helpless man to go to the courts for the relief he … Continue reading →

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