David Behrens is a newspaper columnist and writer. He covers a wide range of topics including general assignment news, world affairs, religion and spirituality, government and politics, as well as current affairs and geopolitics. David's work has been featured in Yahoo Sports UK, MSN, and the Yorkshire Post.
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By: David Behrens
You don’t want to mess with the National Trust. It’s like poking an animal with a stick: it can turn nasty when roused. Rachel Reeves discovered this last weekend when it suddenly reared up and bit her for having claimed that wildlife was blocking economic growth.
By: David Behrens
Hypocrisy is as ingrained in our language as dropped aitches and unnecessary expletives. Vested interests, self-doubt and shamelessness can make a hypocrite of almost anyone – but some people have made it an art form.
By: David Behrens
There are too many shoplifters – on that we can agree. What to do about them is altogether more divisive. Within the retail industry and the government right now, a disorganised tug of war is going on and everyone is pulling in different directions.
By: David Behrens
In 1966 John Lennon clumsily compared The Beatles to Jesus, and the ‘moral majority’ on the Christian right was so scandalised it encouraged American teenagers to burn their LPs in righteous protest.
By: David Behrens
If the Prime Minister can’t rely on what his civil servants are telling him, why should anyone else trust them? That’s what all the self-flagellation over Peter Mandelson’s US Ambassadorial appointment boils down to.
By: David Behrens
As we approach the local elections, which party leader is looking most vulnerable? It’s not who you think. It would take a more adventurous gambler than me to risk money on Sir Keir Starmer leading Labour to the next ‘proper’ poll in 2029 – but as for losing his job this summer as his many critics predict: it’s not going to happen.
By: David Behrens
A ping on my phone from the NHS alerts me to the news that this is Dying Matters Awareness Week – an opportunity, apparently, to encourage open conversations about death and bereavement in the hope of breaking down taboos.
By: David Behrens
The Cabinet may have been falling apart as surely as a sideboard with the screws missing, but for a blessed 15 minutes on Tuesday evening there was no news. As far as the BBC was concerned, nothing was happening in the world that couldn’t wait.
By: David Behrens
Say what you like about the USA but they managed to engineer a publicly-funded transport project to the moon. We couldn’t even manage one to Manchester Airport. HS2 – yes, the rail line that was supposed to connect the North to London just a bit faster than the existing one already does – will not only terminate at Birmingham but will cost more than Nasa’s £69 billion Artemis II mission, the Government confirmed this week.
By: David Behrens
The harm done by cigarettes is something we can get our heads around; it’s been drilled into us for years. So if we suspected our children of chain-smoking in their bedrooms we’d have something to say about it, pretty darned quick.
