“I thought I might see some vomit, one or two twisted ankles – at worst, a bloody nose from a drunken punch. Little did I know that, by one o’clock, I would be on my knees in the middle of a busy North London road, attending to a man who was critically ill after somebody stamped on his head stamped during a violent brawl.”
Posts Tagged as ‘society’
December 24, 2008
Christmas shopping in the police state
“It’s simple: arrest everyone, and you’re bound to catch a few people who’ve done something wrong.”
October 20, 2008
Why do journalists get such a bad press?
Today’s reports that family courts are soon to be open to media scrutiny should be welcomed. Given that social services have failed too disastrously, too frequently in recent years, it seems difficult to argue that pivotal decisions about child welfare remain shrouded in secrecy.
Yet, astonishingly, this was the argument put forward today by those public [...]
