Internal decisions
Marco is SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central Amongst the pronouncements of the department for stating the bleedin’ obvious must rank Alan Milburn’s observation two years ago in the Fair Access to the Professions report that you were more likely to take an unpaid internship if you could afford work for free. As a 2005 graduate [...]
On internet history and regulation
So, we learn that one of the big areas on which the US and the UK are supposed to still have a special relationship is that of ‘cyberspace’. Or rather, I learned that from my brother Adam, who suggested that I write a piece on it. I ought to be embarrassed to admit that. After all, knowing about ‘cyber’ stuff [...]
Machines of Loving Grace (and their Masters).
A shorter version of this article was originally published by ORGzine. If there was a fault with the first episode of Adam Curtis’ All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace, which aired Monday night, it was his analysis of the eponymous machines. In an hour long programme which was, by turns, brilliant, visionary, terrifying, [...]
Apple next in line for US Uncut protests
Grassroots anti-austerity campaigners US Uncut have announced that their next tax-dodging target will be Apple computers. The hipsters’ favourite is a leading voice in the “Win America Campaign” for further corporate tax breaks.
A call to action – why we need Northern Ireland Uncut
This Saturday May 28th, activists will protest across the UK against the dismantling of the National Health Service, and, more broadly, against cuts to public spending, the unfairness of which I don’t have to go into here. UK Uncut is perhaps one of the most exciting protest movements of our times. Good-humoured, imaginative, attention-grabbing and [...]
Listen – Scottish Police Chair says reclaim the night message should be ‘drink less’
Update Note – upon further listening, the specific quote ‘drink less, wear more’ was not from the Police Fed Chair, but a caller-in (both Liz and I (Adam) were confused by this). However, the Police Fed Chair did I feel perpetuate the ‘blame the victim’ culture by responding to a conversation about why women don’t [...]
Sandhurst continued training Bahraini officers despite protest crackdown
By Nishma Doshi and Adam Ramsay British Military Academy Sandhurst continued to train 5 Bahraini Officers throughout the ongoing murder and abuse of democracy protesters, Bright Green and Topsoil can reveal. The information, revealed to Bright Green and Topsoil in a Freedom of Information request, shows the extent of the Government’s continued support for the [...]
The whole Met should be held to account for Ian Tomlinson’s death, not just one Officer
Today’s announcement that PC Simon Harwood will face prosecution for the manslaughter of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests is welcome. I and many others will wish to see Ian Tomlinson’s family get justice for their father, step-father and husband. It is only right that there should be justice for Ian Tomlinson. But Simon Harwood [...]
Why don’t we talk about Barack’s suit?
I’m pretty rare for a man. On two seperate occassions, people choosing which words to write down to discribe me have identified me by my clothing. The words they used – “shambolic” and “disheveled” – were probably fair summaries of my sartorial elegance (or, rather, lack thereof). On both occassions, they went on to say [...]
Time for a living wage
Matthew works for responsible investment campaigning group Fairpensions The Sunday Times Rich List is strangely addictive. The longer you look at it the more active your imagination becomes. What would I buy with Lakshmi Mittals billions? How many penny sweets would the Duke of Westminster’s seven thousand million pounds buy? It’s almost impossible for any [...]
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