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Fuel-quality directive vote today – will the UK government back tar sands?
Posted on February 23, 2012 | 1 Comment
By Lauren King Fuel-quality directive vote today – UK government ‘green’ or mean? I want to take Mr Baker on a journey this morning before the vote, to a place where he would have to wear a mask over his face to protect him from the fumes, and would see how the rivers and streams [...]
Cameron’s alcohol initiative will not tackle root problem
Posted on February 20, 2012 | 3 Comments
By Anna Perkins David Cameron has vowed to tackle the ‘scandal’ of alcohol abuse and public drunkenness that costs the NHS 7.2bn a year by supporting minimum pricing. Very laudable, Dave. But much as I’d like to treat the Prime Minister’s latest attempt at tough-talking with the same contempt which I reserve for the majority [...]
Will England’s inner cities burn again this summer?
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No Comments
by Ryan Bridgwater Angry, young and poor: Youth unemployment in Britain stands at over one million and those who are employed face low pay or even no pay in the case of exploitative internships. The taking away of the Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for less well-off students and the tripling of tuition fees effectively puts [...]
Will England’s inner cities burn again this summer?
Posted on February 17, 2012 | 2 Comments
By Ryan Bridgewater Angry, young and poor: Youth unemployment in Britain stands at over one million and those who are employed face low pay or even no pay in the case of exploitative internships. The taking away of the Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for less well-off students and the tripling of tuition fees effectively puts [...]
Death in Custody: Police Shame or ‘Excited Delirium’?
Posted on February 4, 2012 | No Comments
by Joel Sharples Imagine the following scenario: a police officer’s home is broken into by a gang of eleven youths, who chase him into the street and beat him to death while his watching family beg them to stop. There would be national outrage, the perpetrators would face lengthy jail sentences and the Prime Minister [...]
Aid is Aid, not a Bribe
Posted on February 1, 2012 | 3 Comments
by Alys Mumford Now normally I manage to resist the urge to rise to a Daily Mail article I disagree with. But for this one: ‘Well that’s gratitude! We give India £1bm in aid, THEY snub the UK and give France a £13bn jet contact’ I’ve made an exception. The article refers to a contract [...]
Time to move your money
Posted on January 31, 2012 | 1 Comment
Clare Coatman Many or most of us make choices based on ethical concerns every day – whether it’s avoiding brands linked to sweat shops or opting for fairtrade coffee; but we don’t always apply this principle to where we bank and therefore what our money is used for. A new campaign is launching today: Move [...]
Time to take Britain out of our greatness
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 4 Comments
This guest post from Anthony Barnett was first on Our Kingdom Alex Salmond’s Hugo Young lecture, delivered yesterday evening in King’s Place, the Guardian’s headquarters, was an enjoyable affair. It was also, thanks to Tory policy and IPPR’s research, a potentially important moment – a turning point, even, in what can legitimately be called ‘this [...]
Why I am taking my university to court.
Posted on January 24, 2012 | 8 Comments
First year biological science student Sam Weaver is taking the university of Birmingham to court over its widely publicised “ban” on protests, he explains here in his own words what has lead him to take this extraordinary step. Since starting university last Autumn one thing has really shocked me and that is the draconian measures [...]
Internet censorship is about more than SOPA/PIPA
Posted on January 19, 2012 | 8 Comments
By Carl van Tonder Dear everyone, Thank you for your concern over SOPA/PIPA. I find your attitude towards online censorship puzzling, however. Friends in the UK, your internet is almost certainly *already being filtered*, thanks to the Internet Watch Foundation (mission statement: THINK OF THE CHILDREN). We have not passed anything like SOPA/PIPA (forgetting the [...]
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