The Green Party and Class – some reflections on our leadership survey
Josiah Mortimer The response to the University of York Green Party’s leadership election survey on class has been fantastic. So far over half a thousand people have read the it,…
Last week's agreement on oil could lead to war between the Sudans, not avert it
Tim Flatman, writing from Juba, South Sudan The “international community”, a nebulous concept at the best of times, achieved rare unity in its desire for and welcoming of an agreement…
HMRC should concentrate on closing tax loopholes, not school children and plumbers
Commenting on David Gauke's criticism of cash-in-hand payments as 'immoral', and the accusation that HMRC are encouraging school children to 'become state spies' and report neighbours who pay too little…
Conservative ignores £13 trillion in tax havens to focus on tradespeople
From UK Uncut: Treasury Minister David Gauke last night attempted to reshape the public debate around tax avoidance and evasion by focusing government anger at trades people ‘dealing cash in…
For a new Scottish Enlightenment we must end Mummy, Daddy culture
By Gary Paterson Top Universities Need to Open Up to Access. St. Andrews University have recently hit out at data released by NUS Scotland which showed the university had the…
Rio+20: The UK’s Great Nature Sale
Kirsty Wright is a campaigner at the World Devleopment Movement. The dismal outcome of the Rio+20 summit has been slammed by people across the world, yet again disappointed the reluctance…
Democratising the economy, one university at a time
by Mike Williamson A few salvoes have been fired this week in the ideological battle for democratic and public higher education. Harriet Swain wrote an interesting exploratory article in the…
Costa Rica tops 2012 Happy Planet Index
This is a guest post from Nic Marks, founder of the New Economics Foundation's Centre for Well-being. A growing number of governments, politicians and ordinary people around the world agree…
A Tear-Stained Hagiography: Remembering Elinor Ostrom
Derek Wall is currently writing an intellectual biography of Elinor Ostrom and is a little tearful. Elinor Ostrom, the first – and so far, only – woman to win the…
Ed Miliband: British nationalist.
By Lallands Peat Worrier - this post first appeared on his blog The name may not be familiar, but most of you are likely to have come across some permutation…