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Melanie Phillips

Melanie Phillips (born 4 June 1951) is a British journalist, author, and public commentator. She started on the left of the political spectrum, writing for The Guardian and New Statesman. During the 1990s she came to identify with more right-wing ideas and currently writes for The Times, The Jerusalem Post and The Jewish Chronicle, covering political and social issues from a social conservative perspective. Phillips defines herself as a liberal who has "been mugged by reality".

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Climate. . . models bear about as much relation to reality as astrology.

Reality, Astrology, Climate, Relation

They are fuelled by an ideology that itself is non-negotiable and forms a continuum that links peaceful, law-abiding but nevertheless intensely ideological Muslims at one end and murderous jihadists at the other.

Abiding, Ideology, Law, Links, Peaceful

Along with the rest of the establishment, the BBC which, to be fair, can make superb documentaries - seems to have swallowed the distortions about domestic violence promoted by extreme, manhating feminism through the vehicle of deeply dodgy 'research'.

Distortions, Hate, Lying, Men, Rest, Violence

After eight years in government, Mr Blair has precious little to show for his ambitious plans to heal the divisions in society.

Eight, Government, Heal, Precious, Years

Since science is essentially objective, involving the study of how things actually are, "materialism" would therefore seem to be its antithesis, since its starting point is the desire to impose upon the natural world a particular and limited way of looking at it.

Actually, Atheist, Desire, Study, Things, World

No one has a human right to hide from justice behind a veil.

Behinds, Human, Justice, Right, Veils

The fact is that there is a profound spiritual hunger in the western world which, for a variety of reasons, its church is no longer able to assuage. So a book which suggests that there is a spiritual significance to the Christian story but that this has been suppressed by the church undoubtedly appeals to those who are anxious to square this circle.

Book, Christian, Fact, Profound, Spiritual

The Palestinians are a despotic, undemocratic grouping which promotes a religious war against Israel, a democracy, through terror.

Israel, Promotes, Religious, Terror, War

Thousands of alienated young Muslims, most of them born and bred here but who regard themselves as an army within, are waiting for an opportunity to help to destroy the society that sustains them.

Army, Destroy, Opportunity, Society, Sustains, Waiting

For neo-conservatism is a quintessentially Jewish project: a re-sanctification in everyday life of the core values of western civilisation, and the achievement of human potential through virtuous practice. The neo-cons' crucial insight is that public signals through law, custom and tradition are the key to getting people to behave well. And that is a Jewish insight.

Key, Keys, Law, Practice, Tradition