In The Independent today:

Shame on the doctors prejudiced against Down Syndrome - Dominic Lawson

At last - Brown is forced to be bold - Steve Richards

The most irresponsible budget I have ever heard - Michael Brown

Only one person is writing this - me - Terence Blacker

Slow cookers rock - and casseroles roll - Tom Sutcliffe

The best of the rest:

Spend urges not so joyous Santa Darling - Ann Treneman, The Times

Only total energy renewal can save us - George Monbiot, The Guardian

The party of social justice has awoken - Polly Toynbee, The Guardian

An election by late spring 2010 - Simon Heffer, The Daily Telegraph

Search for work-life balance goes offshore - Michael Skapinker, The Financial Times