• He wouldn't be the popular choice but Gareth Southgate would be the RIGHT choice for Manchester United, writes OLIVER HOLT

    Gareth Southgate is one of the names favoured to be next Man United manager. The England boss popular amongst United fans but is the best man for the job. Manchester United should play at Wembley for two years, tear down Old Trafford and build a Tottenham-esque stadium - Listen to

  • The illusion (or delusion?) of choice

    One of the greatest misconceptions about Australian politics is that voters get a choice. You know what I mean. You…What to read next: Rigid principles can lead to manic delusion | The carbon capture con | The humble faith of Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Sectarian politics? UK elections raise concerns about the failure of multiculturalism

  • School choice fake news

    All across America conservative states have moved to Universal School Choice to give Parents the money to educate their children as they see best--whether it be Public, Charter, or Private Schools. Other words, the money follows the child, not the school. If all of those Parents want to keep their children in Public Schools, then public education does not lose a dollar. Regardless, in every instance those conservative states received fierce push-back from the Teacher Unions and State Education...

  • For Vladimir Putin, Trump's VP choice couldn't be any clearer

    As Americans witness the spectacle of a grimacing Donald Trump, fidgeting nervously as he faces criminal charges in a Manhattan courtroom, an even more consequential drama continues to unfold some 5,000 miles away, where the Russian military is capitalizing on the months-long effort of Vladimir Putin’s GOP puppets to withhold military aid to Ukraine. Whether that delay, caused by members of the GOP House’s so-called “Freedom Caucus,” seals Ukraine’s fate has yet to be seen.  As The New York...

  • Hospital boss welcomes expansion of patient choice

    The Government’s newly created ‘Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel’ made a series of recommendations to give NHS patients stuck on waiting lists the chance to choose faster treatment at a local private hospital. These include publishing data on appointments that are available at local private hospitals to NHS patients but going unused, more information for local GPs to help give patients the choice to be referred on the NHS to a private hospital with a shorter waiting list, and new...

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  • Millions of Brits suffer from 'holiday choice paralysis'

    A poll of 2,000 travellers found 45 per cent are overwhelmed by the high volume of hotel recommendations and 20 per cent end up feeling confused. The location, cost and type of lodging are among the trickiest decisions for travellers to make, while 36 per cent hate the thought of turning up at a hotel and the one next door being better. The study was commissioned by Hotels.com, which has launched its 2024 ‘Perfect Somewheres' Awards to highlight a selection of the top one per cent of hotels on...

  • Millions of Brits suffer from 'holiday choice paralysis'

    A poll of 2,000 travellers found 45 per cent are overwhelmed by the high volume of hotel recommendations and 20 per cent end up feeling confused. The location, cost and type of lodging are among the trickiest decisions for travellers to make, while 36 per cent hate the thought of turning up at a hotel and the one next door being better. The study was commissioned by Hotels.com, which has launched its 2024 ‘Perfect Somewheres' Awards to highlight a selection of the top one per cent of hotels on...

  • Letter: Biden is obvious choice compared with Trump

    Comparison with Trump makes it clear which candidate is best.

  • “Spanish by birth, Dutch by choice and European by conviction”

    With the EU parliamentary elections less than a month away, Dutch News is talking to several Dutch hopefuls. Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle, number two on the D66 list, kicks off the series. The European Union has shaped the life of Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle. She was two years old when Spain signed the Treaty of Accession to join the EU in 1986, in her native city of Madrid. Less than 30 years later she moved to Gorredijk, a

  • Republican Defends Child Marriage: I'm 'Pro-Choice'

    A New Hampshire Republican lawmaker who has been under fire for defending child marriage has lashed out at his "haters" while insisting that his stance is "pro-choice."State Representative Jess Edwards inspired outrage last week after describing underage teenage girls as "ripe" and "fertile" while arguing against a bill to raise the age of marriage in the Granite State from 16 to 18. The bill passed by a vote of 192-174 despite objections from Edwards and others.Edwards told The Daily Beast on...

  • Addiction is a choice – but this does not mean people with addiction are to blame.

    In recent decades, we have constructed the idea that addiction, or Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is a Brain Disease. This has derived from neuroimaging research that suggests people with addiction have a brain that is fundamentally ‘different’ – their dopamine functions are blunted and therefore it is impossible for them to seek pleasure from non-substance using activities. Furthermore, studies suggest their prefrontal regions show abnormalities which means they are no longer capable of...