The case for reform is that the law is mocked since most couples divorce within months on often trumped-up and damaging
The case for reform is that the law is mocked, since most couples divorce within months on often trumped-up and damaging accusations of unreasonable behaviour. Removing fault stops that loophole, but it is a fundamental moral change.There will be a compulsory information session for couples as soon as they file for divorce, and a very strong push towards mediation, instead of resorting to their separate lawyers. I believe mediation offers a better way of saving those marriages which are not irretrievable.”Is it surprising he had the Catholics eating out of his hand? This is the unlikely man who is introducing the most radical divorce reform since 1969 when the Labour MP Leo Abse openly advocated “libidinal liberation”. I want them to think about what their marriage has to offer both them and their children before they decide whether or not to throw it away…. This is one of the main reasons underlying my wish to change the current divorce system .. I want couples to talk to each other. Were he not so utterly ingenuous by nature, his speech might read as one of the most disingenuous for a long while But he probably believed every word he spoke That is what worries a lot of professionals in the field. I want them to be able to think through the consequences of divorce before it happens, not after.
He spoke of marriage as “specialPages more of this brought himstealthily round to the question of divorce, and even then it was as sugar-coated as a golden wedding tribute. Mgr Kieran Conroy said: ‘It would be quite wrong if Catholic MPs were to be swayed in their view of the Lord Chancellor’s proposals by incorrect information about the Catholic bishops’ view.’ ”
What a coup, just as the Catholic MPs are being lobbied vigorously byJohn Patten to demand a free vote on the new no-fault, knock-for-knock divorce law.If Lord Mackay were not such an honourable man, it might be suspected that he had pulled the wool over the eyes of the gullible anti-divorce Catholic bishops. If for this Wee Free Lord Chancellor this amounted to supping with the popish anti-Christ, at least he sold his soul for something of tangible value An astonishing press release soon afterwards was his reward. It reads: “The Catholic Media Office has written to all the Catholic members of Parliament pointing out that the Lord Chancellor’s White Paper on divorce law reform was broadly welcomed by the Catholic Bishops Conference. Indeed, Coe’s time of 1.41.73 for the 800m, set at Florence in June 1981, remains on the listings today.
Yours faithfully,Tim MickleburghGrimsby, Lincolnshire21 October.
From Mr Tony Brown
Sir: As the name-calling by the disappointed reaches a crescendo, the obvious is overlooked. If there were no lottery, there would be no cash to squabble over.
Yours faithfully,Tony BrownLondon, W3. Last week the bold Lord Mackay addressed Marriage Care, the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council. There was standing room only for his speech expounding the virtues of his proposed divorce reform bill, due in Parliament next month.
From Mr Tim Mickleburgh
Sir: So, “Linford Christie is the greatest athlete this country has ever produced” (Magazine, 21 October)? Well, it was a tremendous achievement for him to win the 100m gold in Barcelona, but let’s not forget that Sebastian Coe (1,500m, 1980 and 1984) and Daley Thompson (decathlon, 1980 and 1984) both gained two Olympic titles, as well as setting world records, something Christie has never done. At worst, you have lost some ingredients and a little time, but you will probably have learnt more from the experience than Delia can teach you.Yours faithfully,Richard GregsonJean GregsonOfford Cluny,Cambridgeshire21 October. And I find it hard to accept that existing public, taxpayer-funded provision is so pluperfect that it cannot be snipped, pruned or in some cases dismantled.Hong Kong is not demonstratively worse off with proportionately much lower public spending than equivalent economies in Europe. This is because the locations of these toxic legacies have been kept a closely guarded secret by British Gas.
We have, however, undertaken studies of gasworks and other contaminated land and we will be placing this information on to the Internet very soon.