Deborah Orr
Deborah Orr: This is what happens when only a gang makes you feel you belong
It was 'loyalty' that allowed Sean Mercer to call confederates in covering up his crime
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Deborah Orr: This tragic story is not over yet
Saturday, 13 December 2008
It's well known that a shrine to Jean Charles de Menezes has been maintained outside Stockwell Tube station, since shortly after he was killed. I use the station a lot, and the makeshift nature of the memorial is a constant – and important – reminder of the failure of the Metropolitan Police to take responsibility for what happened on 22 July 2005. An official plaque marking the place where the one victim of the 21 July attacks lost his life would be decent and dignified. But that would signify collective sorrow at a terrible mistake, and the latter is what the force refuses to admit.
Deborah Orr: Poverty is the root of so many of our problems
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
The truth is only money can alleviate poverty, but it should not go to neglectful parents
Deborah Orr: Society can easily hide the likes of Karen Matthews
Saturday, 6 December 2008
Is Matthews evil or a product of our broken society?
Deborah Orr: One more inquiry isn't going to help
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
I don't believe a public inquiry into the Baby P case is necessary. I think the failings in Haringey are already perfectly clear. Why should they not be? They are, after all, the same failings that are revealed in almost every public inquiry, into almost every public service dereliction.
Deborah Orr: That's the answer to surviving the recession: a new identity
Saturday, 29 November 2008
Of course, the recession isn't funny. But sometimes you have to laugh. The media is hungry for real-life stories of sudden and decisive changes in circumstances, but Frank's picaresque is so outrageous that names have had to be changed to protect the guilty.
Deborah Orr: The good old days? I don't think so...
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
It is important to remember that inadequate parenting is not some modern ill
Deborah Orr: It's easy to praise the public on decisions that don't matter
Saturday, 22 November 2008
People power, as it pertains to television anyway, is proving to be a tricky beast.
Deborah Orr: For most women, prostitution is not a life choice
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
"It is important to remember that men who use prostitutes are often damaged too"
Helpless children get trampled in the rush to pass judgement
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Deborah Orr: Great effort is made to keep children in the homes where they are being ‘neglected’
Deborah Orr: Now is not the time to be frugal, apparently
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Lots of economists have taken it upon themselves to warn that tax cuts won't stimulate consumer spending, because people will save their windfalls, understanding that they'll have to pay them back later.
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1 Leading article: A life claimed by nihilistic violence and malign neglect
2 Mark Steel: To George Bush, his critics are just lone difficult schoolboys
3 Hamish McRae: It's now back to Victorian values
4 Patrick Cockburn: Keep out... a message for foreign leaders
5 Alexa Chung: 'When did Christmas stop being exciting and start being a chore?'
6 Deborah Orr: This is what happens when only a gang makes you feel you belong
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