UK Uncut – the support is growing, and diversifying
All across the country today, UK Uncutters took to the high street. This time, our target was banks. This time, we were shouting about the health service. This time, our…
Jody McIntyre investigation: you’ve got to laugh
There are times when the only appropriate reaction is laughter. And surely the Met's finding on the treatment of Jody McIntyre at the student demonstration on the 9th of December…
Helping ourselves to imagine better
At the Scottish Green Party conference 2009, Robin McAlpine was one of the closing speakers. At the time, the party's then two MSPs often held the balance of power at…
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…
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…
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…
The bitter irony of using the financial crisis to scrap the NHS
This post first appeared on the UK Uncut blog Around 50% of American bankruptcies are triggered by medical bills. When we talk of 'sub-prime mortgages', we are talking about real…
Demanding democracy
It's always interesting to see what protesters demand. The wave of demonstrations that washed around the world post credit crunch has been extraordinary. But while almost all have at least…
Cable admits economy is screwed. Where’s his vision?
Vince Cable has finally admitted the extent to which the UK economy is screwed. In an interview with the Guardian, he outlines the fact that we depended far too much…
Trumped by experience
In every election, the press make the same mistake. They decide that this election, this time, people will vote for their new exciting celebrity candidate. They are, almost always, wrong.…