It is tempting to suggest that Burke and Paine shaped the character as well as the credo of their respective traditions
The big utilities control the grid, but the technology now exists to allow consumers to operate their own ‘microgrids’
The Department for Education has issued guidance in which running is identified as a suitable punishment for misbehaving pupils
In times of crisis, people yearn for clear and simple solutions – and there’s a certain kind of shallow, cynical politician all too willing to indulge the public mood.
Where the writ of the law runs, huge strides have been made against racism and sexism, but we’re not nearly so nice as we think we are
The choice between reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change is a false one
Getting investment in flood defences back on-track needn’t bankrupt the country.
Communities become more conducive to social mobility when the poor live side by side with those in the middle of the income range
Before allowing cannabis to circulate freely in the adult population we have to ask what effect this would have on its availability to children
While fathers are more likely to be absent at the bottom end of the income scale, fatherlessness adds a further layer of disadvantage
In just about any context, a burst of additional energy provides a jolt to the system – things start moving faster and are more likely to become disordered
But what is this ‘hard work’ of which our politicians speak? Do they in fact, just mean ‘work’ – as in an honest day’s work?
What if people stop paying the licence fee – not because they’re dodging it, but because they no longer watch broadcast television?
Among higher income groups marriage has been reinvented as a vehicle for high investment parenting