Robots Against Fairer Votes
Are you a fanatical party hack? Do you believe the party you choose to vote for is perfect beyond measure, and every other party evil beyond redemption? If you live…
T-Mobile royally rips off domestic violence campaigners
You might have seen T-Mobile's take on the Royal nuptials: ...but have you seen the original video from which the German phone giant shamelessly ripped off not only the concept…
Thought Police
Look, I'm not going to tell you what to think about the Royal Wedding. Telling you what to think is the police's job: Let me make it clear. This is…
Women’s Budget protest – pictures
20 women blockaded the main exits from Downing Street this morning, in an attempt to stop George Osborne delivering a Budget that would hammer women. The protestors were in place…
Budget 2011: Retro Shock Doctrine as Thatcher’s Enterprise Zones return
In a display of loyalty to the memory of Margaret Thatcher (don't get excited; she's still alive), George Osborne today announced that now the Tories are back in power, they're…
Budget open thread
George Osborne gives his first regular-season Budget speech today at You can watch on BBC2, BBC Parliament or online at BBC Democracy Live. We'll have analysis for you once we…
Jenny Jones will run for London Mayor in 2012
Three-term London Assembly Member Jenny Jones has been selected as the Green Party's candidate for Mayor of London. In a ballot of London party members, Jones received 458, or 66%,…
Leslie Spoor 1910-2011
Leslie Spoor, teacher and political activist 12th October 1910 - 13th March 2011 I am sad to report that Leslie Spoor, the principal founder of the Scottish Green Party, died…
Green broadcast – the struggle of memory against forgetting
Is it just me or was anyone else hoping that that final Caroline Lucas speech ended with "the struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting"?…