Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee
Mary Louisa Toynbee, known as Polly Toynbee, is a British journalist and writer, and has been a columnist for The Guardian newspaper since 1998...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth27 December 1946
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One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the worried well but those in severe mental pain with conditions crippling enough to prevent them living normal lives.
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But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.
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But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.
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Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying.
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Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal.
women mean ideas
Feminism is the most revolutionary idea there has ever been. Equality for women demands a change in the human psyche, more profound than anything Marx dreamed of. It means valuing parenthood as much as we value banking.
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The best care on earth cannot prevent us all dying in the end.
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What is all that ministerial toil and effort for, if not a constant attempt to allow the greatest number to live in as much happiness as possible?