With the death of Pope Francis, the world loses not only a church leader but also a moral compass
Decriminalisation now or ‘the unionisation of rape’?
LYNNE WALSH casts a critical eye on a series of lectures and the launch of a campaign to convince the Labour Party to legalise prostitution

LONDON’S Conway Hall is exactly the place to be, for another lecture on an intractable moral dilemma.
It’s an issue where many liberals would love to see normalisation, crooning the old refrain that “it’s the world’s oldest profession” and putting faith in the unionisation of rape.
The opposing army in this critical debate sees the world of prostitution as the most venal and abusive instrument of that toxic blend of patriarchy and capitalism.
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