It's the people's lottery, so let the people pick the winners
Article Abstract:
The recent controversy over the decision to spend 12 million pounds sterling of National Lottery funds on purchasing some of Winston Churchill's papers highlights the gap between the popular conception of what National Lottery money is used for and what it is actually used for. Most ordinary people assume that the money goes to popular projects such as charities supporting children and the elderly, but in fact the largest sums so far have gone to schemes with little popular appeal. It is now time to involve more ordinary people in deciding how National Lottery funds should be allocated.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1995
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Can heterosexuality be as tedious as our clergy and politicians believe?
Article Abstract:
There have been very misguided reactions to moves by the UK government to equalize the heterosexual and gay male ages of consent. Many observers seem to think that lowering the age of consent for gay sex will make many more young men want to indulge in gay sex, which is not the case at all. There is also no evidence at all that lowering the age of consent will benefit paedophiles. Equality before the law will not turn heterosexuals into homosexuals, but will at least show that society values gay teenagers as much as straight ones.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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