Articles by Bob Britnell

Atrocities such as Sri Lanka unite people of all faiths

26 Apr 07:03

Columnist Bob Britnell, a practising Christian, reacts to the bombings in Sri Lanka at Easter.

A different approach to housing

19 Apr 11:24 1 comment

Bob Britnell offers some advice to election candidates

Anti-Brunei protests stink of rank hypocrisy

12 Apr 07:11

Bob Britnell questions the application of Western values to the south-east Asian kingdom.

Why the city council cannot be blamed for losing housing to a London borough

05 Apr 06:50 3 comments

Bob Britnell, the authority’s principal planning officer, delves into a controversial issue.

People have got to take more care using the roads

29 Mar 06:52

Bob Britnell issues a call for road safety.

Loaded terminology has polluted political debate

22 Mar 06:58 1 comment

The labels left and right have no value when attached to extremists, argues Bob Britnell.

Pay gap hysteria is the politics of envy and resentment

15 Mar 06:20 2 comments

Stop allowing the malcontents to shape your thinking, urges Bob Britnell.

Forget social issues. Look for psychological ones to explain knife crime

08 Mar 08:34

Dark forces of the human mind lie behind the rise in knife crime, argues Bob Britnell.

Gourmet scotch eggs and the art of a comfortable later life

01 Mar 06:39

Bob Britnell has some advice for those dreaming of a comfortable future.

Climate change: The young have been weaponised in the service of a dogma

22 Feb 07:53

Columnist Bob Britnell challenges the motives for the Youth Strike for Climate march.

Climate change hysteria vs a dose of reality

08 Feb 06:21 3 comments

Former Canterbury City Council planner Bob Britnell considers matters of the environment.

Bad parenting and duff theory creates problems in the classroom

01 Feb 08:21

There are things we can do to address problems in school, argues Bob Britnell