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Foreign workers are the wrong target

Polly Toynbee: Another Thought for the Day Instead of blaming job losses on immigrants, anger should be directed at people who are doing well, but who refuse to share

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The paradox of dementia

Julian Baggini: Another Thought for the Day: When someone's mind has been lost to Alzheimer's but their body remains, we find it hard to make sense of what is left behind

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Some of us had to flee to escape sharia

Maryam Namazie: Another Thought for the Day: Contrary to claims that it promotes social cohesion and minority rights, sharia law denies universal principles of equality

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Offensive views can energise us

Nigel Warburton: Another Thought for the Day: The Home Office's decision to refuse Geert Wilders entry to the UK was unintentionally good for democracy

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A thought for those living under repressive regimes

Ariane Sherine: Another Thought for the Day: We are lucky to live in a country that values freedom of expression – there are many who don't

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Failure is our best teacher

Richard Holloway: Another Thought for the Day: Sadly, there is something about public life that seems to make it difficult for people to be honest about their mistakes

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We should listen to the children

Jonathan Bartley: Another Thought for the Day: Young people can make valuable contributions to national debates – it's time to make our institutions age-inclusive

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We face a depression created by greed

Claire Rayner: Another Thought for the Day: The current financial crisis stems from Thatcher's deregulation of markets in the 1980s. Greed has got the better of us

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Bloodlust for bankers

Mark Thomas: Another Thought for the Day: At the Treasury select committee I began to feel some pity – not for the people who got us into this mess, but for us

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Let's cling to every moment of life

Muriel Gray: Another Thought for the Day: I oppose Margo MacDonald's assisted suicide bill. We need support for carers and more effective pain control, not execution

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Turn on Another Thought for the Day

Juliet Wilson

Published: 3:00 AM

Published: 3:00 AM
Speaking of free thinking

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Atheists should get a life and leave our slot alone

Giles Fraser

Giles Fraser: Another Thought for the Day could easily become a repository for anti-religious feeling. Let's not fire potshots at each other

Published: 5:00 PM

Published: 5:00 PM
Give the irreligious a turn at the holy microphone

Claire Rayner

Claire Rayner: The BBC won't allow non-religious opinion to be expressed in Thought for the Day. In the name of common sense, why?

Published: 4:00 PM

Published: 4:00 PM