Opinion

For all the hype Moggmania has garnered over the past few weeks it is perhaps surprising, given the political climate, how little of it revolved around his political stance. For most people Jacob Rees-Mogg did the thing that few other politicians dare do – he gave an honest account of himself and openly spoke his mind. Forget all the spin and the censored views that have become a key part of the Westminster machine over the years. Rees-Mogg was happy...

The hunger crises in Ethiopia and drought-stricken Somalia will escalate unless we invest more in addressing root causes, United Nations food agency chiefs say, Speaking at the conclusion of a four-day visit to Ethiopia the heads of the United Nations food agencies made a joint call for greater investment in long-term activities that strengthen people’s resilience to drought and the impacts of climate shocks. Back-to-back droughts have left at least 8.5 million people in Ethiopia in need of food aid. In...

Of all the people who sat back and unwittingly gobbled up reports of a Muslim woman adopting a Christian child this week I wonder how many saw a mother and a Samaritan when sensationalised, doctored pictures were splashed across the front pages of our national press. I had the same thought when figures in the Fear and HOPE 2017 showed a quarter of English people now think Islam is a dangerous religion that incites violence - how many have actually been...

There's a grand old romantic comedy, released on April Fool's Day in 1958 called Teacher's Pet. In one scene, Clark Gable playing a crusty newsman named Jim Gannon growls and sneers at Doris Day's journalism professor Erica Stone about the whole idea of journalism schools. 'The only way to learn about the fourth estate is with first-hand experience. In the school I graduated from there were no lectures without four letter words in them.' To which Professor Stone ripostes, 'Newspapers...

On Monday at 2:45, Hisham Al-Omeisy, a civil rights activist and documenter of Yemen’s often-ignored war, was taken from his family by armed guards loyal to the Houthis. Three years ago these people had swept into Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, and overthrown president Abed-Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s internationally recognised Government, seeking to secure military support from Arab Gulf states. Soon after, a Saudi-led coalition, which have led many to label this war as the Saudi Proxy War,  began a campaign in...

Writer David Wilson has penned this moving, angry message that everybody needs to read on the Government's welfare changes that have affected many Brits with disabilities like his son Ben Wilson:   By David Wilson The Government don't need a doctor to decide who is disabled. My son, Ben Wilson, is 44. He has had a lifetime of health problems. This is his story. He was three months old in 1973 when he was given his first formula of powdered...

By Anderona Cole Waking up, wiping your eyes slowly in the morning is a ritual for many, but as each day passed in my late teens, the more I did it, the my more my world began to fade. Aged 21, my optician noted that my discomfort was linked to the fact that the window of my eyes was, over time, becoming thinner. I was eventually diagnosed as having Keratoconus, an eye condition that can affect young people in their...

Research shows more money is leaving Africa than entering -  so is the West giving aid to Africa, or is Africa giving aid to the West?  Is foreign aid an illusion? New accusations have been fielded that the Commonwealth could be nothing more than an ironically named intergovernmental organisation designed to maintain Western hegemony of the globe. With the days of imperialism seemingly over, those with vested interests are ensuring developing countries remain just that by taking more money out of them...

Madeline* has a busy day ahead of her. She must get her two children to school on time, drop her cat – which is suffering with kidney problems – to the vet and then get to her job at a high-profile marketing agency where she serves as an account director. She has reports due, calls to make, clients to meet. And, of course, in between all of this – somewhere – she must find time to visit the four or...