Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
A few days ago, one woman, the widow of bomb disposal hero Staff-Sergeant Olaf Schmid, showed us that there can still be great dignity in public mourning.
Tabloid Watch (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
If it's Saturday, it must be another feeble column from Amanda Platell in the Mail. What does she write about today? Sex education in schools ( covered in the Mail on 6 Nov ), Fern Britton doing a religious chat show on BBC ( covered in the Mail on 5 Nov ), Drew Barrymore in a frock ( covered in the Mail on 5 Nov ), the U2 Berlin concert ( covered in the Mail on 6 Nov ), an attack on...
Tabloid Watch (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
After last week's dismal Amanda Platell column , would this week's be any better? It doesn't start well. Here's the first paragraph: Andre Agassi was always one of the most popular tennis champions on Centre Court. With his 17 major title wins, he was also one of the most successful players. 17 major title wins? That's certainly an interesting 'fact'. Agassi won 17 Masters Series Titles...
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
It is odd that with so much to chastise MPs for, the Mail’s Amanda Platell should bemoan MPs Christmas holidays - and get it so very wrong...
Tabloid Watch (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Amanda Platell. Sigh. Guess which new myth about immigration she repeats in her column today ? That's right. It's that bloody cat again : Only this week a court ruled that an illegal immigrant should not be deported as it would breach his human right to a family because he and his girlfriend now had a cat together. Such cases make a mockery of the British courts. No, Amanda - such...
Next Left (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
There is quite a lot of nonsense written about all women shortlists. Nadine Dorries is chuffed to be much praised by a research-free rant in today's Daily Mail from Amanda Platell . Yesterday, I blogged questioning the "two classes of MP" talking point: After all, 35 of Labour's new women MPs in 1997 were selected on all women shortlists and 30 were not. (You can find the list...
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
`Daily Mail’ `Amanda Platell’ Not satisfied with presiding over the deteriorating standards in state education, Schools Secretary Ed Balls now wants to fine and prosecute any parent who removes their 15-year-old child from sex education lessons. This ludicrous move is part of the Government's shake-up of the national curriculum which means that such classes will be [...]
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Heather Mills rants about Daily Mail writer Amanda Platell on Twitter.
The Jobbing Doctor (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The row about the sacking of Professor David Nutt rumbles on, and it is interesting to see where the fault lines are drawn. On the one side we have a home secretary who has been in the job less than a year (Alan Johnson), the downmarket redtops and the ghastly Daily Mail (led by their great thinkers Amanda Platell and Melanie Phillips), Professor Robin Murray and Ann Widdecombe - all...
The Jobbing Doctor (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
What is the point of advisers, if they are ignored by policy makers? It is akin to saying 'I have made my mind up, so don't give me any evidence'. The case of the sacking (by e-mail) of Professor David Nutt for pointing out some basic truths on drugs policy, and the delight shown by people like Amanda Platell in the Daily Mail , shows how far we have departed as a country from the age...
Next Left (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
... "everyone knows who they are" was approvingly quoted with great gustos of agreement by Amanda Platell in the Daily Mail on Friday, albeit while unfortunately proving that "everyone" did not include Platell herself , as she attacked Caroline Flint and Ruth Kelly for being selected on all women shortlists. But, since we are crowd-sourcing here, I am perfectly...
Freemania (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
After Sunder Katwala posted about all-women shortlists (and a typically ignorant Amanda Platell column on the subject), I thought I’d take a look. Do female MPs who’ve been selected in this way tend to be worse than those selected in an open contest against men? Platell and many others would have us think so. So, how do you determine the quality of an MP? There are...
Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
I’ve already commented frequently about the fact of gender inequality in our society, but also of the fact most people just don’t see it. But it’s always good to have up-to-date examples. Take Amanda Platell, writing in the Daily Mail, for example: “All the more so when Labour’s own experiment with female shortlists proved to be so disastrous. [...]
Bad Conscience (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
I’ve already commented frequently about the fact of gender inequality in our society, but also of the fact most people just don’t see it. But it’s always good to have up-to-date examples. Take Amanda Platell, writing in the Daily Mail, for example: “All the more so when Labour’s own experiment with female shortlists proved to be so disastrous. Has [...]
The enemies of reason (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
... of two per cent in foreign-born mothers giving birth in Britain a 'migrant baby boom' and gave Amanda Platell full rein to imply that it wasn't 'people like us' who were procreating with a straightforwardly racist article . Have a look back through the archive and you can read about "immigration to increase Britain's population by a third", "immigrant population to...
