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My local community policeman tells the story of an irate, well-to-do, west-end parent claiming back a bottle of vodka confiscated from her 14-year-old son, because she had given it to him.
To top it all, big brother in London will burden Scottish taxpayers with another £9 billion on son of Trident, identity cards, the Iraq war and the London Olympics—not so much a union dividend; more a London Labour levy.
I have seen the real issues for women in the workforce and in respect of flexibility through my own family and how well my daughters will be provided for in the future, as distinct from my son, to whom a different set of rules apply.
Just before Christmas, a former Labour minister, Karen Buck, decided to move her 12-year-old son away from a city academy to a nearby comprehensive because she was so appalled at the conditions in the city academy.City academies have failed because they represent an attempt to create in the education system a selection system that will not work.
We might not win the vote in Westminster in March, where an undemocratic voting system maintains the stranglehold of the old parties, but that vote will mark not the end but the beginning of the campaign against Trident's replacement.The white paper makes it clear that very little expenditure will be incurred for at least five years from now and that the main expenditure will not be incurred until after 2020. The campaign against Trident and son...
It is not the fault of Karen, who works in social work, has a teenage son and is losing more than £3,000 from her salary, or of Jeanette, a senior library assistant, and her husband, who are losing £4,000 between them.