Melanie Phillips

When the world's first test-tube baby was born in 1978, a few lone voices warned that this far-reaching development would almost certainly lead us into uncharted but deep moral waters.

Few at that time, however, could have foreseen quite how profoundly in-vitro fertilisation would help undermine personal responsibili

Published in: Daily Mail

Well, we all knew the Lib Dems were besotted with voting reform -- but who would have thought they'd take the infatuation quite this far?

The Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne, has admitted to having a long- standing affair with Carina Trimingham, the campaigns director of the Electoral Reform Society.

Published in: Daily Mail

When the Conservatives announced that they intended to ring-fence the international aid budget, many eyebrows were raised.

Currently, this country spends about £3 billion every year on such aid. The Coalition has pledged to increase this total to meet the UN target of 0.7per cent of national output by 2013.

Published in: Daily Mail

When an accident on an oil rig results in an environmental catastrophe, it surely takes a particular genius to turn the oil company involved into the victim.

Yet, remarkably, that is precisely what President Barack Obama appears to have achieved.

When, after many weeks, BP still hadn't managed to prevent its

Published in: Daily Mail

The flotilla episode provided the trigger for a frenzied demonstration of the world's collective loss of mind over Israel.

Israel did what it was entitled to do and what any other country at war would do: intercept boats that might be carrying weapons for an aggressor regime.

Published in: Jewish Chronicle

The death of the former Iraq weapons inspector Dr David Kelly seven years ago caused a political firestorm that profoundly destabilised the Blair government.

Dr Kelly was found dead in the woods near his home after he had been named as the source of an explosive BBC report that claimed the Government had 'sexed up' t

Published in: Daily Mail