The Independent 1995 Polly Toynbee - Abstracts

The Independent 1995 Polly Toynbee
TitleSubjectAuthors
A dangerous talent, as seen on TV. (Janet Street-Porter leaves Mirror Group)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
A day but not an era for women. (International Women's Day)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
A model of an absent father. (Prince Philip)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
An embarrassment of lottery silver. (announcement of allocation of lottery grants to charities)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Any ideas to spare? (problems facing right-wing think-tanks)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
A parting of the minds. (charities Sane and Mind have differing views on treatment of the mentally ill)Retail industryLiz Hunt, Polly Toynbee
A spasm masquerading as a movement. (views on animal rights protesters)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Auntie in a flap over the F-word. (continued clashes over broadcasting standards)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
A wrinkled, saggy woman carrying a foetus? Yuk. (views on infertility treatment for older women)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Beyond the ceiling, the sky's the limit. (women still not reaching top positions in many industries)Retail industryEsther Oxford, Polly Toynbee, Vicky Ward
Buying more than just a good education. (independent schools need to adopt new approach)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Charities don't need a contracting role. (blurring of lines between private, voluntary and state services)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Death: the surgeons' best-kept secret. (NHS Performance Guide gives little real information about the performance of doctors and hospitals)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Did the NHS cheat Jaymee? (ethical aspects of treating a child with leukaemia)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Do the levellers know how the land lies? (eco-campaigners seek local power)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Ecstasy and the agony. (some drugs seen as acceptable, while others are criticised)Retail industryMary Braid, Polly Toynbee
Eminently qualified - for some other job. (views on new chairman of UK government's Social Security Advisory Committee)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Emotion, abortion and tragedy. (renewed debate over ethics of abortion in 1995)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Happy families: a game of charades. (concern about family problems ignores historical evidence)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
How does your psyche measure up? (renewed interest in IQ tests)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
How low should we go? (media coverage of the trial of Rosemary West)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Judicial review is a mere Elastoplast. (views on judicial review)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Listen, minister, prison doesn't work. (home secretary Michael Howard mistaken in taking tough line on prison discipline)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Lord Mackays's well-intentioned fiasco. (views on proposals for divorce reform)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Man enough for poisonous porridge. (Judge Tumim's contract as inspector of prisons not renewed)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Mugging: is it a black and white issue? (controversy over claims of involvement of young black men in muggings)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Murder most foul, grief most public. (views on appeals by families of murder victims)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
New workhouses of the nun from hell. (American nun Sister Connie Driscoll's calls for the abolition of the welfare state are taken up in the UK)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
No more living in sin, and that's official. (Church of England takes new line on family values)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Nothing to do. No jobs. For the buzz. Dunno. Perhaps Luton's three hot nights of rioting defy reason.Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Patients' champion the NHS should fear. (John Spiers, chairman of the Patients Association)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Politicians are the true philistines. (politicians deliberately misrepresent the arts to ordinary people)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Pollyanna vs the pessimists. (ordinary people have pessimistic view of modern society)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Roundheads who would steal our dreams. (National Council of Voluntary Organisations criticises National Lottery)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Sentimentality is not enough. (abortion as an alternative to coping with siamese twins)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
She may have been silenced by Tony Blair, but the honesty and the sheer energy of Labour's 'canary' is unlikely to be easily diminished. (Labour MP Clare Short)(Interview)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Small acts that rescue communities. (Anne Power's report on the fate of the UK's worst housing estates)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Sorry Reynard, it's a human right to hunt. (Labour party plans to all vote on banning of fox hunting)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Stop whingeing and stitch that bra. (more women in employment)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Suffer the little children. (Barnado's celebrates 150th anniversary of founder's birth)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
The Bank's gain is our loss. (Howard Davies becomes deputy governor of the Bank of England)(Interview)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
The dramas that bind us together. (soap opera culture)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
The law is an ass and its victim is a bitch. (campaign to change Dangerous Dogs Act)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
... the monarchy must quit its infantile fairyland. (the monarchy has little real power but still attracts a lot of public attention)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
The pill is still a girl's best friend. (views on health risks associated with oral contraceptives)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Till death, dispute or boredom do us part. (planned reform of divorce procedures)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Time for a new order in the court. (need for radical reform of the justice system)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Turfing out the elderly in Middle England. (government no longer willing to care for elderly people)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Vision for a one-eyed government. (women politicians lack support)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Watch out! There's a victim about. (many more people try to sue for injury or distress)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
We lost, but Son of SDP will win. (Social Democratic party forces changes in Labour attitudes)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
What have they done to Hillary? (changes in Hillary Clinton)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
When breast screening is best. (new views on the effectiveness of screening for breast cancer)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
When PC gives equality a bad name. (danger of a backlash against political correctness)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Who pays for a child to grow tall? (NHS managers ban expensive drugs)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Who should be holding the baby? (funding childcare in the UK)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Who will come out fighting for Europe? (British pro-Europeans unwilling to attract publicity)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Why single mothers baffle Mr Lilley. (social security minister Peter Lilley uncertain about how to deal with single mothers)(Column)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
Women like Us don't vote Labour. (Conservative party still appeals to female voters)Retail industryPolly Toynbee
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