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Shocked at the NHS denying treatment to unmarried women? That’s just the start August 23, 2019 All healthcare systems ration. Single-payer models dependent on tax revenue, like the NHS, tend to ration with access to treatment and waiting times. The utilitarian defence of such systems is that they are universal. If I’m waiting for my hip replacement, so are you. If you can’t access an experimental drug for your ailment, my [...]
From body modification to BDSM, we have no right to police the choices of consenting adults August 23, 2019 Earlier this year, Brendan McCarthy, known as Dr Evil, was sentenced to 40 months in jail for performing consensual body modifications. This included the removal of a nipple and ear, and the splitting of a tongue. The judges ruled that the customers’ written consent to McCarthy did not amount to a defence. “Not my cup [...]
Macron opens door to amending Brexit deal – but keeps red lines intact August 22, 2019 The French President has backed the 30-day timetable to find a solution to the Brexit deadlock – but warned it is unlikely that things will change significantly. Speaking ahead of a lunch meeting with the UK Prime Minister in Paris today, Emmanuel Macron told reporters the red lines had not changed and that the agreement [...]
Tusk and Johnson to hold Brexit talks at G7 August 22, 2019 Donald Tusk and Boris Johnson are to hold a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit this coming weekend. The European Council President, who once said there was a “special place in hell” for “those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan of how to carry it out safely” will meet the UK [...]
Corbyn convenes Remainer alliance meeting August 22, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn will next week meet with leaders of various opposition parties, as well as senior backbench Tories, as the plan to block a no-deal Brexit gathers pace. The Labour leader has written to 10 MPs, including Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, Tories Dominic Grieve, Oliver Letwin, Guto Bebb and Caroline Spelman, and SNP Westminster [...]
Johnson ‘a known liar’ and Corbyn a ‘coward’, claims Channel 4 News boss August 22, 2019 Boris Johnson is a “known liar”, while he and Jeremy Corbyn are “cowards” who are fostering a decline in democracy, a leading broadcaster has claimed. Using last night’s MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Channel 4 News chief Dorothy Byrne said the drop in politicians holding themselves up for proper scrutiny had become “critical [...]
Should the state pension age increase from 68 to 75 by 2035? August 22, 2019 Should the state pension age increase from 68 to 75 by 2035, as proposed by the Centre for Social Justice? Yes – Patrick Spencer is head of the work and welfare unit at the CSJ. The happy reality is that we are healthier and living longer. In 2017, the proportion of the UK population aged 65 [...]
Boris and Priti don’t quite grasp how complicated ‘ending free movement’ will be August 22, 2019 “Freedom of movement will end” if the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October, according to the government. At one level, this is a statement of the obvious – in a legal sense, free movement is an EU concept. Under Theresa May’s deal, which provided for a transition period until December 2020, [...]
Brexit: No deal most likely outcome, says French aide August 21, 2019 The UK will most likely leave the European Union – but still be on the hook for the £39bn divorce bill, a French presidential aide has told AFP. A no-deal Brexit is the “most likely scenario”, the wire reported, a day before UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to meet his French counterpart Emmanual [...]
ONS may have underestimated EU migration to the UK August 21, 2019 More people may have entered the UK between 2000 and 2016 than previously thought, it was revealed today, as the Office for National Statistics admitted its net migration figures were flawed. Net EU migration in the year ending March 2016 would be 16 per cent higher under new measurements, announced today, the ONS said. However, [...]