Summary
FOR 51 weeks of the year the merest hint of controversy surrounding a topic of social importance is enough to send the Scottish Executive's lavishly paid press officers into ecstasies of drivel.
After all, our Executive has policies on topics ranging from what we should eat to the future of Malawi. But when the appalling news emerged that Britain's youngest mother-to-be lives in West Lothian, the official response was terse to the point of parsimony.See the full content of this document
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Sex and the Betrayal of Our Young
'We have a programme of sex education in schools' said a spokesman. 'It is something that all pupils should be aware of.' This atypical brevity stems from embarrassment verging on panic.
Since our Labour/Liberal coalition took power, Scotland has been bombarded with initiatives allegedly designed to promote responsible attitudes towards s...See the full content of this document
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