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David Jack

Colchester

Night Editor at The Times

National newspaper journalist, swivel-eyed loon and Denis to my wife @Sara4LB’s Margaret. Scotland for ever!

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  • 2 months ago | fraserofallander.org | David Jack

    As part of our ongoing work on the lives of people with learning disabilities, we continue to track the latest research, policy developments, and data shaping their experiences. In previous round-ups, we’ve explored topics ranging from employment and social care to education and healthcare access. For this edition, we turn our attention to the rollout of annual health checks for people with learning disabilities in Scotland.

  • Dec 6, 2024 | fraserofallander.org | Mairi Spowage |Hannah Randolph |David Jack |Allison A. Catalano

    The Scottish Government published a number of documents alongside the budget yesterday, including a distributional analysis which considers the impact of announcements on different types of households.

  • Nov 26, 2024 | australianbookreview.com.au | David Jack |Arts Highlights

    Michel Houellebecq’s novels cover a lot of territory. His approach to writing is a totalising one, offering a complex picture of contemporary society, often including its prehistory and its near or sometimes distant future.

  • Nov 25, 2024 | fraserofallander.org | David Jack

    This blog marks a full year of regular statistics and research rounds up relating to the lives of people with learning disabilities. In our very first post, we emphasised that improving the collection and dissemination of data is crucial for shedding light on the challenges faced by people with learning disabilities and for assessing progress towards creating more opportunities for them.

  • Jul 23, 2024 | australianbookreview.com.au | David Jack |Arts Highlights

    If Louis-Ferdinand Céline were around today, he would almost certainly be cancelled. So why publish a previously unknown fragment of his? Unlike some writers, whose views are inferred from their work, Céline’s anti-Semitism was beyond doubt, if at times a little confused. He wrote two anti-Semitic novels and a pamphlet, and associated with collaborators and Nazis.

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David Jack
David Jack @DJack_Journo
9 May 25

“Offending Islam”. What kind of country have we become

Tom Harwood
Tom Harwood @tomhfh

Hard to read this as anything other than a blasphemy charge. https://t.co/bkQcz5RTrt

David Jack
David Jack @DJack_Journo
9 May 25

This is the problem with sectarian politics. Each group trying to assert its “rights” over the greater good. We don’t have a blasphemy law @AdnanHussainMP and I have the right to offend Muslims, Christians, Jews and even pompous MPs

Adnan Hussain MP
Adnan Hussain MP @AdnanHussainMP

What Rupert actually wants to say is:- Free speech means protecting the right to offend Muslims.

David Jack
David Jack @DJack_Journo
9 May 25

Says the head of one of the richest and most powerful institutions in the world - we used to call it the Holy Roman Empire https://t.co/gdil1d5xw7 https://t.co/RaO1TCxvJv