Her weekly column will give an insight every Wednesday into the ethics behind the news headlines as well as being thought provoking and incisive. This is the cry of every child in the face of the world's wrongs however small. It armed them to some extent against the myriad disappointments of being alive. But it doesn't mean we shouldn't strive to be fair.
Politicians pay lip service to it all the time.
What a surprise, then, to learn from the latest review by the Equal Opportunities commission that Britain has the worst record in the European Union on equal pay. Women in full time work are still earning only four fifths of what men earn. For women working part time it's worse. Industry by industry the gender pay gap has actually widened since 1997. Paid maternity leave is worse than in Europe too.