Frank Field, Ian Duncan Smith, etc The list of intelligent reformers whose failed efforts to break the poverty cycle, is getting longer. Inevitably they fail because the Treasury want immediate cost savings, not improved outcomes, and their political leadership is more influenced by short-term voter reaction than genuine assistance. However, there is a looming problem which will be created by a perfect storm of ever increasing automation and globalisation. All welfare reform

I've just added a new short story to my website on the topic of euthanasia. The certainty some are able to express either in favor of or against so called mercy killing escapes me. Assisted suicide is to me a solipsism which allows us to separate ourselves from the possible broader consequences for others of our desire for a termination. My personal experience, as recounted in my short story, Killing Mother, tells me that our biological form will struggle for life long after