Tim Worstall

The Prime Minister is to announce a Government-backed code of conduct which will mean that pornography is blocked in public spaces such as cafes and railway stations where children are likely to be present. Mr Cameron said that he wanted “good, clean WiFi” in public spaces which would give parents confidence that their children cannot [...]

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Strange little piece today: Young mothers are often thought to be at an advantage when it comes to getting back in shape after pregnancy. But in fact women who have babies in their teens are significantly more likely than older mothers to become obese later in life, research shows. Those who had their first child [...]

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Interesting piece about the sex industry. Journalist goes undercover working as a maid in London brothels. Lots of foreign women working, yes. Many without papers, smuggled in even. Trafficked, sex slaves, not so much.

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This really isn’t very different you know: Anastasia Volochokova, 37, speaking in an interview on a television talk show in Russia, said mainly dancers in the corps du ballet were made to sleep with benefactors but soloists were also sometimes forced to. Volochokova claimed that the dancers were told to attend ‘grand dinners’ and were [...]

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Rowan Atkinson, too, does not take the line that Bonneville does on freedom of expression. Strongly opposed to the Racial and Religious Hatred Act of 2006, he appeared in a controversial Comic Relief sketch on BBC One on Friday when, dressed as the Archbishop of Canterbury, he exclaimed: “Jesus said ‘love your neighbour’. Let’s be [...]

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Hmm. This is fun: Xavier Kemlin, a multi-millionaire Frenchman, insists that the 48-year-old magazine journalist “should not take advantage” of public funds. He has filed the complaint at a criminal court in Saint-Etienne, in the Loire department of eastern France. It states that the presidential couple “are neither married, nor civil partners,” and that “our [...]

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Cardinal Napier, who was among the 115 cardinals in the conclave at the Vatican that elected Pope Francis earlier this week, called paedophilia a “psychological disorder” on told BBC Radio 5 live. He said: “What do you do with disorders? You have got to try and put them right. If I as a normal being [...]

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Is Petronella Wyatt still making her living writing about all the old blokes she’s shagged?

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So, this tangled love life stuff. As we know, Chris Huhne and Vicky Price are now in jail. Which leaves at something of a loose end Ms. Trimingham and Price’s current squeeze, Denis MacShane. For however long he stays out of jail that is. The obvious solution being that those latter two should get together. [...]

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Not that I normally look to Huffington Post for seriouos news stories but this one is nicely done: If anyone sees a female Lib Dem MP can they let us know? Given that there are only seven women out of the 56 Lib Dems in the Commons, it is rather conspicuous that only one of [...]

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Of course: Come the revolution, only attractive men will try to hit on women, and then only when they’ve already said yes. And as is pointed out, there’s a further lovely point to be made. So, the general accusation is that prospective female MPs were at least left with the impression that sweating the blubber [...]

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If this is the level of thought among “professional Catholics” thn the Church is in more trouble than I thought. But the Catholic Church is not the same as society at large. It defiantly stands out against the tolerant tide of a secular and sceptical society and claims to represent a more enduring set of [...]

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Slightly more intimidating was the time, ironically at a political party conference, when a man who was then the editor of a national newspaper started propositioning me in the bar, despite knowing I was in a long-term relationship, and despite my making it patently clear that I wasn’t interested. I quickly made my excuses and [...]

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Eh? Before I was married I was a spender and then when I married I became a saver. My wife is more sensible than me but we have spent sometimes too. I was always under the impression that he danced on the other side of the aisle. That’ll teach me to conflate camp with gay [...]

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Some of the alleged unwanted advances go back many years, prompting questions about why the party had failed to act earlier. On Sunday a spokesman for Lord Rennard repeated his denials that he had pestered female staff or offered funding to candidates in return for sexual favours. Is it: 1) Over the years he said [...]

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This Lib Dem stuff all does have a ring to it, doesn’t it? More allegations of inappropriate conduct were levelled at Lord Rennard, the former party chief executive, including claims that female candidates who wanted access to funding had to put up with harassment. One woman claimed that she was molested at a party for [...]

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A couple of things come to mind here: Several Lib Dem women told Channel Four News on Thursday that while he was chief executive, Lord Rennard had touched them inappropriately or propositioned them. The first being how nice to find a Lib Dem attempting something as innocent as simple heterosexual adultery. Beats the glass table [...]

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So, get the ad banned: The man contacted advertising watchdogs after being bombarded with ads telling him his penis size was a “disappointment” and that his partner might be “turned off”. The ad boasted men could “have a penis that’s inches longer and much thicker naturally, without surgery, pumps or exercise. Guaranteed or your money [...]

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She made the plausible assumption that the most attractive members of each sex are the ones with the widest range of options, and therefore that their behavior more closely reflects each sex’s actual preferences. The corollary is that because less attractive individuals have fewer options, they are under more pressure to compromise and thus their [...]

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Rock’n’roll pioneer Chubby Checker is suing two computer companies for allowing his name to be used as the title of an app that guesses the size of a man’s penis. Err, yes. But an old listing for the program lays out its raison d’être: “Any of you ladies out there just start seeing someone new [...]

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