AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (Siobhan Courtney) Al Jazeera Network http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/siobhan-courtney.html Siobhan Courtney http://www.aljazeera.com/Media/images/AJLOGOGOOGLE.png http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/siobhan-courtney.html © 2013 Aljazeera Network feedback@aljazeera.net webmaster@aljazeera.net Aljazeera Generator Britain's obsession with marriage The passing of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill exposed just how bitterly divided government is over gay marriage. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/20134312206151617.html 20134312206151617 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:19:38 GMT Smacking: An 'acceptable' form of child abuse The UK government has sunk to a new low by defending the rights of parents who smack their children, writes author. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/201331219712749198.html 201331219712749198 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:17:51 GMT Job description: Celibacy and denial The Church of England's latest decision has caused even further divisions among the Anglican Church. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/02/201322133411127419.html 201322133411127419 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:04:36 GMT Why women priests but not bishops? The Church of England has decided the top jobs in the Anglican Church are strictly reserved for "the boys". http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/12/2012129113525209906.html 2012129113525209906 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 13:19:02 GMT The state can't tell us how to spend our money The UK copying the US by dictating how benefits are spent is an infringement of personal liberty. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/2012111582957753828.html 2012111582957753828 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:29:33 GMT Is overfeeding children abuse? The UK government is failing their children by deflecting blame of responsibility for increasing obesity. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/201291695619261330.html 201291695619261330 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:29:15 GMT Men: Suffering secretly and silently Trapped in cycles of despair, men are committing 75 per cent of all suicides in the UK. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/2012858525314622.html 2012858525314622 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:20:52 GMT The UK's social mobility shame The gap between the rich and the poor in Britain has never been so dangerously divisive. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/20126258129880930.html 20126258129880930 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:17:38 GMT The horror of female genital mutilation An estimated 66,000 girls have been illegally mutilated in the UK, but no one has yet been prosecuted for this practice. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/2012528102139893735.html 2012528102139893735 Wed, 30 May 2012 15:50:29 GMT Fracking: A dehydrated UK, watered only by capitalism When the UK's water infrastructure is already in severe drought, why is fracking even being considered? http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/2012514505415433.html 2012514505415433 Mon, 07 May 2012 04:50:00 GMT The hypocrisy of the US-UK extradition act Why is the UK handing over British citizens to the US under a treaty designed to deal with terrorism? http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201241181246427731.html 201241181246427731 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:41:12 GMT 'The riots haven't changed a thing' As an official report into the 2011 London riots is released, an angry, troubled generation is being ignored. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/2012328121227451432.html 2012328121227451432 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:14:20 GMT Pensioners lead charge against health service privatisation 'Reforms' will hit the most vulnerable, say campaigners dedicated to preventing a 'sell-off' of the NHS. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/2012317174339688104.html 2012317174339688104 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:25:49 GMT The real 'scandal' of the PIP breast implant scandal The UK has become a contemptuous society, stereotyping the choice and right of body modification as vulgar vanity. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/2012226123611561337.html 2012226123611561337 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:39:57 GMT Where are the role models for British girls? Young girls receive all the wrong messages from a society obsessed with fame and celebrities. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/20122181431205894.html 20122181431205894 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:20:56 GMT From Sir to Mr for Britain's most dishonourable banker The dark knight of British banking has had his sword seized, putting him now in the same 'company' as Robert Mugabe. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/20122712105151989.html 20122712105151989 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:05:57 GMT Does Scotland want a divorce? Scottish calls for independence seemingly ignore the many consequences, economically and otherwise, that would arise. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/20121211310377835.html 20121211310377835 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:35:24 GMT Margaret Thatcher back in the headlines in Britain "The Iron Lady" missed many of Thatcher's flaws and political failures, and inaccurately portrayed her as a feminist. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/201211410322359657.html 201211410322359657 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:05:04 GMT Will Clegg and Cameron's 'marriage' survive? Has the coalition of convenience between Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and deputy Nick Clegg come to an end? http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/2012161030150825.html 2012161030150825 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:16:16 GMT Women in Britain are fed up Why British women are being turned off the men in charge of the country "who haven't got a clue what matters to women". http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/2011124124225327700.html 2011124124225327700 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:25:31 GMT