Strike day in Oxford.
We will have brief write-ups of strike and protest activities across the country from today - first, Oxford, by me. At seven thirty, in glorious sunshine, about 50 local residents…
Strike!
So, here we are. Today we will see the biggest day of action yet against the cuts. The average civil servant recieves a pension of £5023. It's no wonder public…
Fortnum & Mason ‘youth cases’ dropped
It appears that some or all of the young people (under 18) charged after the UK Uncut action at Fortnum & Mason have had their charges dropped. Anna Fleur who…
Architecture of the left: our generation must build to win
I was asked to speak in the youth plenary at Compass conference this weekend. This is roughly what I said. From the Russian border to the French Atlantic, the historic…
Time to crush the IMF
In 2005 Latin America made up 80% of the IMF's total lending. In 2007 it made up only 1%. Over 3 years, their total loan book dropped from $81 billion…
SOAS arrests: Where are the Lib Dems on protest rights?
“I was personally punched and thrown down the stairs by officers.” Meet Alex. He's a postgrad student at UCL. On Monday he joined a peaceful demonstration at SOAS against Higher…
Labour should tackle unemployment, not the unemployed
The responses to Ed Miliband's attack on the long term unemployed today have varied. Many in the Labour party have quite rightly slammed him. However, some have defended Miliband. Perhaps…
begging consumers to enact market forces: Huhne’s liberal paradox
Chris Huhne is in the papers today encouraging consumers to punish energy companies for putting their bills up. That's Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy. Apparently this is Mr…
Brian Souter: bigot
I remember it clearly. The school may have been conservative, but the teacher herself was really very liberal. "How do gay people have sex?" "I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to…
Aid commitments – NGOs biggest success, and their biggest failure.
Twice in recent weeks, question time audiences have asked why the government is ring fencing aid budgets whilst cutting the NHS. This at once shows the monumental effectiveness of development…