Those who choose to view disgusting images are as guilty as the abusersMark Bridger, the killer of April Jones, was a consumer of unspeakably vile material on the internet that depicted horrific abuse of children. Britain’s child protection and obsceni…
Party politics needs mending and quickly | Observer editorial
We need a long hard look at the way we ‘do’ parliamentary politics. Disengagement and disillusion are dangerousOn Thursday, BBC1’s Panorama will screen undercover footage of Tory MP Patrick Mercer allegedly agreeing to take £4,000 to lobby on behalf o…
Patrick Mercer: the scandal that was waiting to happen | Editorial
Mr Mercer’s reported and alleged willingness to lobby for undemocratic but sunny Fiji had a couldn’t-make-it-up qualityBobbing between the moats and the duck islands of the 2009 expenses crisis were a few wiser heads, who grasped that the real threat t…
Unthinkable? Not privatising Royal Mail | Editorial
The traditional reason for flogging the service was that it was a financial basket case. Not any moreIf ministers get their way, our postal services will be sold off within a year. Details of the privatisation are taking shape: Goldman Sachs and UBS wi…