Melanie Phillips

Archive for January 2002

  • 28 January, 2002

    Tony Blair is seeking to present himself as the champion and defender of doctors and nurses and the public services.

    Published in: Daily Mail

  • 24 January, 2002

    Inch by inch, the government is now unmistakeably moving towards giving cohabiting couples the same 'rights' as husbands and wives.

    It seems it will not oppose a change in the law to allow unmarried couples, both heterosexual and homosexual, to adopt.

    Published in: Daily Mail

  • 21 January, 2002

    The pictures were horrific. Disorientated, shackled men were kneeling on the ground in a military compound, deprived of sight, sound, smell and touch by black-out goggles, ear muffs, surgical masks and thick mittens.

    Published in: Daily Mail

  • 14 January, 2002

    Later this week, the Education Secretary Estelle Morris will deliver a speech on remodelling the teaching profession. She will present this as the latest volley in the battle to raise standards.

    The government thinks education is the one success story that it can triumphantly present to the public.

    Published in: Daily Mail

  • 12 January, 2002

    Tomorrow, BBC2 screens one of the most extraordinary programmes that I have ever seen on television. It is all about eleven year-old children, fresh-faced ordinary mites with winsome smiles and endearing manners.

    Published in: Daily Mail

  • 7 January, 2002

    Everyone knows the Conservatives are the party of law and order. Every year the Tory party conference is treated to a tub-thumping speech about stiffer sentences and locking more people up. The blue rinses and retired blimps rise to their feet in thunderous applause.

    Published in: Daily Mail

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About Melanie

Melanie Phillips is a British journalist and author. She is best known for her controversial column about political and social issues which currently appears in the Daily Mail. Awarded the Orwell Prize for journalism in 1996, she is the author of All Must Have Prizes, an acclaimed study of Britain's educational and moral crisis, which provoked the fury of educationists and the delight and relief of parents.

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Books

  • The World Turned Upside Down
  • Londonistan
  • The Ascent of Woman
  • America's Social Revolution

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Melanie Phillips
Daily Mail
Northcliffe House
2 Derry Street
London W8 5TT

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