I've written for 'The Times' because they have valued what I do enough to pay me. The 'New Statesman' magazine also asked me to write an article, but they didn't want to pay me anything. To me, that shows how much they value quality journalism.
From Heather Brooke
If you don't think there is any value in the work I, or any other serious journalists do, then don't spend your money on it. At least you have the choice.
I've always worked on the fringe of the British press establishment, carving out this niche for myself.
When I came to Britain I was in awe of the British press, afraid of them. But they're not as ferocious as people think. In some instances they are, but when it comes to taking on power they're really deferential.
In Britain, it's bred into you, the idea that you can't really change anything, so why bother. When I went to school in America, it was the total opposite view - you, as an individual, can change anything and everything. It's how you're raised.
There's a temptation not to vote at all as a protest, but it's definitely not a protest. In fact, all it does is keep the people in power in power, and I don't think they should be.
I pine for a return to the type of old-school journalism and the tough newspapermen and women of the Thirties.
My parents are British but they emigrated to America, where I was born.
Parliamentarians certainly know how to do bad public relations.
Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite.
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