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A cynic, wrote Oscar Wilde, is somebody who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing . Nowhere do those words appear truer than in the matter of human life itself. What could be more distasteful than attaching a price tag to a person 鈥?as though their worth can be measured in pounds and pence A human life, surely, is priceless; no amount of mere money or stuff comes close.The pandemic has destro
stanley water bottle yed such simple certainties. First, we stared in collective disbelief as Covid ravaged northern Italy. Next, we recoiled at the grotesque implications of achieving herd immunity by allowing the virus to race unchecked through the UK population, culling those deemed expendable by covert decree and government inaction. Quickly though, counter-narratives emerged. Lockdowns were pernicious and caused more harm than good. Economic Armageddon was deadlier than allowing older and economically unproductive people to die. The nations mental health mattered more than anything. This death was worth it, to avoid that one over there.NHS maternity services near breaking point, warns top doctorRead moreAs we now approach our second winter with Covid-19, these debates 鈥?if you can call them that 鈥?have never been more poisonous. Healthcare workers in particular are subjected to
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There was one thing you always thought you knew about the Liberal Democrats in coalition. Whatever happened, they would stay true to their oft-stated support for civil liberties and rights. It was unimaginable that all b
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stanley cup ritish civil law 鈥?and in the process offend principles of open and natural justice and the spirit of Magna Carta, to say nothing of the coalition agreement and the party s undertakings at the last general election.Last Monday s Lib Dem vote for the justice and security Bill 鈥?almost certainly rushed back into the Commons to avoid an embarrassing motion against it at t
stanley cup quencher he party s spring conference this weekend 鈥?produced a royal flush of political hypocrisy from the parliamentary party.To a supporter at the last election like me 鈥?someone who spoke alongside Nick Clegg at the curtain-raiser event for the party conference during the height of Labour s onslaught on civil liberties, and was assured privately by two leaders that the party was onside about civil liberties 鈥?this breach of trust and denial of principle is astonishing.It is nothing new for a politician to say one thing and then do another when in government, but when the Liberal Democrats voted to close British courts to protect ministers and the intelligence services from embarrassment, on the pretext of safeguarding national security, you knew they had simply lost it.Without a second thought, t
