How I Got My Tenancy Fees Back
Euan Kidston explains how he followed the EPTAG guide to getting your illegal tenancy charges back, and won! On the 22nd of February this year, I wrote a letter to…
Edinburgh stores occupied to oppose workfare schemes
Demonstrators in Edinburgh took direct action on the 31st March Britain-wide day of action against workfare. Protestors occupied British Heart Foundation for an hour then invaded Poundstretcher – both heavily involved in the…
London Greens endorse Ken for second preference votes
London Green Party and its Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones will recommend that supporters cast their second-preference vote for Ken Livingstone in the May election. Members made the decision after being…
1892 And All That
This week, the exclusive Kate Kennedy Club at St Andrews University have announced that from next year they will be accepting membership applications from women. Until now, the Club’s membership…
Fortnum and Mason trial C – Not Guilty
What a wonderful final scene of the first act of this farce. When the CPS chose to prosecute only 30 of the 145 people arrested in Fortnum and Mason's on…
Great Green Campaigns: Scotland 2003
Was the Scottish Green Party’s Scottish Parliament election campaign in 2003 an example of a ‘great green campaign’? In many ways, no. We had very little money, few activists outside…
Hundreds join UK Uncut's Downing Street Dole Queue to tell George Osborne that 'Austerity Isn't Working'
Nearly 400 UK Uncut protestors gathered to form a 'dole queue' outside Downing St today to highlight soaring unemployment under the government's austerity programme. Unemployed people from across London came…
UK Uncut to form 'dole queue' outside Downing Street to highlight soaring unemployment
Hundreds of people will gather to form a 'dole queue' outside Downing St at 11am on Budget Day, Wed 21st March to highlight soaring unemployment under the government's austerity programme.…
Fortnum and Mason trial B: the farce rolls on
Westminster Magistrates Court, 12 March, 2012: Fortnum and Mason trial B. You can read my write up of 'trial A' from November. By the time I arrived at the Westminster…
Starmer Drama: DPP’s Today programme announcement shows that the CPS are not even following their bizarre new guidelines
By one of the Fortnum & Mason arrestees These days, I’m all too used to being woken up by the sound of my own voice shouting at the radio. This…