What seems cruel and heartless to one is common sense for another. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
Soldiering on is a national trait of which to be proud, not one to be mocked. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
The idea that laws don't apply to the law-makers is for despotic regimes. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
There is nothing unnatural about grieving for the loss of your unborn child. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
Teaching is supposed to be a vocation for life - not a lifelong vacation. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Career Copy Share Image
I am a patriot. I love my country and its values and I am also immensely grateful to the brave souls who… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Brave Copy Share Image
I have the most wonderful childhood memories of holidays in the golden age before foreign package holidays were even a glint in… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Age Copy Share Image
Yes, the cost of care homes is a huge expense, but only a minority of elderly Brits ever spend a single night… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Care Copy Share Image
We already punch well above our weight thanks to our economic might, our military and our soft power. That isn't going to… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Change Copy Share Image
Our beloved NHS, created in 1948 to care for us from the cradle to the grave, has become a bottomless money pit.… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Care Copy Share Image
It's perfectly clear that 99 per cent of people know the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour in the workplace. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
We have no duty of care to improve the lot of poor Romanians or Poles or Pakistanis or anyone else who is… — Julia Hartley-Brewer British Copy Share Image
It is not disrespectful or offensive to refuse to sing a song that espouses views with which you actively disagree; it is… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Being Copy Share Image
My husband and I lost four babies to miscarriage. I could not have got through the pain of losing those pregnancies without… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Comfort Copy Share Image
If George Osborne wants to end 'unfairness' then he shouldn't scrap a grant that enables every young person to have the same… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Country Copy Share Image
We must not allow Covid to turn us into a country of hypochondriacs, fearful of every minor symptom. Yes, of course if… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Colleagues Copy Share Image
I didn't start trying for my first baby until I was 36 - partly because of my career and partly because I… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Career Copy Share Image
Great Britain didn't just happen; the British people created this country through decades and centuries of hard work, fighting for democracy, the… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Britain Copy Share Image
I love my country, but I live in it for 46 weeks of the year, so is it really so terrible to… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Country Copy Share Image
Corbyn, like me, is a republican and an atheist. How then can we possibly be expected to sing along to an anthem… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Atheist Copy Share Image
While many parents feel understandably aggrieved at the higher cost of hotels and flights the moment school holidays start, I'm afraid that's… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
I hold no candle for any political party, but I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in growing weary of the incessant 'evil… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Alone Copy Share Image
There are lots of things that Jeremy Corbyn feels strongly about. He definitely doesn't like wars, nuclear weapons, or free market capitalism.… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Big business Copy Share Image
The 'HIGNFY' line-up often consists of four male comedians and one lone female TV presenter who barely says a word. Lo and… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Comedians Copy Share Image
Some of my most vivid childhood memories involve cards: loud, energetic, often brutally competitive games of racing demon, played at high speed… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
With friends like Monsieur Macron, who needs enemies? — Julia Hartley-Brewer Enemies Copy Share Image
Travelling abroad was once a luxury only the very rich could afford. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
The best way to cope with miscarriage is for men and women to talk - to their partners, to their friends, to… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
I have a dozen or so friends who all desperately wanted children but left it too late and now regret all those… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Children Copy Share Image
Making cuts to NHS spending will mean tough choices for politicians and our doctors; it may well mean tough choices for us… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Choices Copy Share Image
If there is one sentence I never thought I would write it is this one: I agree with Jeremy Corbyn. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
Every parent thinks they're the most qualified person to decide what is best for their child. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
Just as good schools need strong headteachers, so good governments need strong prime ministers. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Education Copy Share Image
As a self-employed contractor who only gets paid if I turn up to work, I am painfully aware of the cost of… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
Without Emma Thompson, 'Love Actually' would have had no soul. And without her, 'Love Actually 2' will have no heart. — Julia Hartley-Brewer Heart Copy Share Image
