Argus title : Alcohol is destroying society. Will Brown dare do anything about it?
This has been an extraordinary few weeks.
There have been floods so severe that thousands of people have been displaced, not just from small villages and towns, but from one of our largest Northern cities.
Bungled terrorist attacks have taken place in London and Glasgow, associated with a gruesome and widely-publicised attempt at self-immolation.
The government of Tony Blair has finally come to an end and Gordon Brown has taken his place. He has re-introduced cabinet government and has announced far-reaching constitutional changes designed to limit the power of the prime minister relative to that of parliament. Continue reading