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Good riddance to the Named Person scheme UK

Good riddance to the Named Person scheme

23rd September 2019
Football fans: canaries in the illiberal coalmine Politics

Football fans: canaries in the illiberal coalmine

13th January 2016
‘Named persons’: child protection at its most dystopian UK

‘Named persons’: child protection at its most dystopian

19th May 2014
There’s nothing democratic about ‘votes for prisoners’ Politics

There’s nothing democratic about ‘votes for prisoners’

6th December 2013
The collapse of liberty in Scotland Politics

The collapse of
liberty in Scotland

7th May 2013
Treating football fans like vermin Politics

Treating football fans like vermin

21st February 2013
The perversion of being an adolescent UK

The perversion of being an adolescent

19th October 2012
The rise and rise of intolerant tolerance Politics

The rise and rise of intolerant tolerance

5th December 2011
Singing freely across the Old Firm divide Politics

Singing freely across the Old Firm divide

16th November 2011
Glasgow: from industrial giant to traumatised child Books

Glasgow: from industrial giant to traumatised child

26th August 2011
Drowning in risk aversion Politics

Drowning in risk aversion

5th December 2007
The roots of ‘paedophobia’ Politics

The roots of ‘paedophobia’

27th October 2006

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A tyranny of ‘respect’ Books

A tyranny of ‘respect’

9th June 2006
Antisocial behaviour: the construction of a crime Books

Antisocial behaviour: the construction of a crime

19th January 2006
Tying teenagers down Politics

Tying teenagers down

3rd February 2005
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