Deborah Jane Orr (23 September 1962 – 19 October 2019)[1][2] was a British journalist who worked for The Guardian, The Independent and other publications.
[2] Orr worked as deputy editor for City Limits magazine, a workers' cooperative.
[8] In January 2020, Orr's memoir, Motherwell: A Girlhood, was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson[9] and serialised on BBC Radio 4.
The National Health Service has been plunged into a financial and staffing crisis, yet still has to soothe the dented ego of Richard Branson by making a payout to Virgin Care.
The teaching profession is struggling once more with a rejigged exam system, and is bracing itself for a further squeeze on budgets.
"[11] On 19 October 2011, an article by Orr stated that the trade for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners "tacitly acknowledges what so many Zionists believe: that the lives of the chosen are of hugely greater consequence than those of their unfortunate neighbours.