Melanie Phillips

Archive for May 2006

  • 31 May, 2006

    Are our senior judges simply living on a different planet from the rest of us lesser mortals? Our most senior judge, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, has launched yet another judicial broadside against the apparent evils of imprisonment.

    Published in: Daily Mail

  • 29 May, 2006

    Through court rulings and initiatives stretching back more than three decades, judges and lawyers have succeeded in reshaping family life in this country by progressively hollowing out the institution of marriage.

    Published in: Daily Mail

  • 22 May, 2006

    The Prince of Wales turned it down.

    Published in: Daily Mail

  • 20 May, 2006

    The uproar in the Netherlands over its Somali-born member of parliament, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, is much more than a national controversy.

    Published in: Miscellaneous

  • 15 May, 2006

    Once again, the Prime Minister is trying to surf a wave of popular outrage by announcing he will take action which on closer examination proves to be mere froth -- not least because his own policy lies at the very heart of the problem.

    Thus Tony Blair has spoken out against 'an abuse of common sense' in the way human ri

    Published in: Daily Mail

  • 12 May, 2006

    Ms Hirsi Ali is the Somalian-born Dutch MP who now lives under round-the-clock police protection, because her uncompromising opposition to Islamist fascism has resulted in a death sentence upon her by the people whose monstrosities she has devoted her life to defeating.

    The daughter of a Muslim intellectual, she fled an

    Published in: Jewish Chronicle

  • 11 May, 2006

    The case of the 29-year-old Nigerian woman who has gone to court to try to get a heart transplant on the NHS goes right to the essence of what it means to be a British citizen.

    The woman, identified only as Ms A, was pregnant when she arrived in the UK last September.

    Published in: Daily Mail

  • 8 May, 2006

    Some seventy Labour MPs - going far beyond the 'usual suspects' to include previous loyalists - are said to be about to sign a letter giving Mr Blair three months to set out a clear timetable for an 'orderly transition of power'.

    Published in: Daily Mail

  • 1 May, 2006

    John Prescott's future looks bleak. The tawdry claims by his former lover Tracey Temple were bad enough.

    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
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London W8 5TT

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