A friend told me today that he never votes, as it’s a waste of time. 

Click to read my response.

I asked Professor Ha-Joon Chang, world renowned economist, if he could name any time in history when austerity measures led to prosperity. 

Click to read his one-word answer

Advice to a New Yorker

A friend from New York asked Brit Jon Danzig how to get tough

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Why the predicted world’s end on 21 December was nonsense - but the Millennium Bug was not

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Europe: foreign criminals and human rights

How often does the ‘Human Rights Act’ prevent foreign criminals being deported from the UK?

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Why we must never abandon human rights

The French film ‘Night and Fog’ is shocking, harrowing and true.  It reveals a gnawing glimpse of the horror of the Holocaust.  This film needs to be seen, preserved and re-shown to every future generation, so that we never forget.

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Lost in Las Vegas

Jon Danzig is bewildered by the city of sin

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Brits should recognise the value of being ‘citizens of Europe’

If you are a UK citizen confused about the value of EU membership, due to the ‘untruths’ coming from UKIP and the national press, then just follow the evidence – says former BBC journalist Jon Danzig

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Britain’s cherished National Health Service, ‘The NHS’, was born in 1948 and pioneered by the UK’s post-war Health Minister, Aneurin Bevan.  Next Monday, 1st April 2013, the NHS in England will undergo enormous changes to the way it’s managed and funded.  Some claim it will be ‘the end of the NHS as we know it.’

This week, at the Royal Society of Arts, LBC Radio broadcast a live debate about the future of the NHS.  Jon Danzig was the first in the audience to ask a question.  Click to listen:

Jon Danzig asks about the NHS  (1 minute 26 seconds; edited extract)

Listen to the full debate: ‘Is this the end of the NHS as we know it?’  (52 minutes)