by Bernadette Meaden | Jan 6, 2023 | Commentary
AS MANY COUNTRIES MOVE TOWARDS a more enlightened and evidence-based approach to drug policy, with good results, the UK sadly clings to the harmful and unwinnable ‘War On Drugs’. Indeed, the current government shows signs of doubling down and becoming even more...
by Bernadette Meaden | Dec 23, 2022 | Commentary
WITH THREE PRIME MINISTERS, a disastrous budget, a cost of living crisis and a wave of strikes, 2022 has been a year of unprecedented political failure. Understandably, few people now look to elected politicians for hope or inspiration. But in communities across the...
by Bernadette Meaden | Nov 22, 2022 | Commentary
IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, addressing a gathering of young people in Assisi, Pope Francis said: “As long as our system ‘produces’ discarded people, and we operate according to this system, we will be accomplices of an economy that kills.” Urging young people...
by Bernadette Meaden | Oct 31, 2022 | Commentary
SUELLA BRAVERMAN’S UGLY BRAND OF ‘PATRIOTISM’, which seems to consist largely of being as harsh as possible towards asylum seekers, may paradoxically result in a failure to protect or support some of the most vulnerable British citizens – including...
by Bernadette Meaden | Oct 7, 2022 | Commentary
A HELPING HAND IN TIMES OF TROUBLE is part of being a good neighbour – but a healthy society would never allow large numbers of people to become reliant on charity for their essential needs. Unfortunately, over the last twelve years this is what has happened in the...
