Saturday 27th August 2005
Special Story
"Local authorities had been raiding the homes of families with two children and demanding at least one parent be sterilized. Women pregnant with a third child were forced to have abortions. And if people tried to hide, the officials jailed their relatives and neighbors, beating them and holding them hostage until the fugitives turned themselves in."
Blind Activist Leads Peasants in Legal Challenge To Abuses of China's Population-Growth Policy - Washington Post - click here.
Blogs
Leadership Blog: A new 'Telegraph Ten' stand up for rank-and-file members' voting rights
Conservative News & Commentary
"Trust of people is a fundamental Conservative belief - we have a history of extending, not narrowing, the franchise. In the 1980s, we brought about the democratisation of the trade union movement. Today, our party supports the spread of democracy around the world and we advocate decentralisation of power at home. The next Conservative leader should not be elected by the parliamentary party alone. The next leader should have to win the confidence of rank-and-file members in target seats and in the parts of Britain where, currently, there are all too few Conservative MPs. The Conservative Party is a national party and its leader should enjoy the confidence of the national membership..."
How should the next Tory leader be elected? - Letters to The Times
Ed Vaizey MP: David Cameron will give the Conservative Party a fresh start - Guardian
Other Commentary
John Birt: UK media has become too reliant on "easy cruelty" and "the desire to humiliate" - Guardian
Mark Lawson: The PM lost post-7/7 goodwill by going to a secret location abroad - Guardian
A flatter tax would be fairer and more efficient - Leader in The Australian
How 'Bra War's devastate world's poor - Independent
Other News
'Child drinking' has doubled in last 15 years says NHS - Telegraph
Is the strike at Canada's public broadcaster the first 'blog-strike'? - Guardian online
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