Now Labour support law to deny compensation to victims of unlawful Workfare
Take action: this Bill is before the Commons TODAY (Tuesday 19 March). Caroline Lucas' office has confirmed to us that a group of MPs will be trying to push it…
Community finance: Where’s our Cathy Come Home moment?
In 1966 the film Cathy Come Home depicted the struggle of a once happy family thrown into poverty and misery after father and husband Reg is injured and loses his…
How we deny our bloody history – a review of the Imperial War Museum
The stories we tell ourselves define who we are. With this in mind, on Friday, I visited the Imperial War Museum. I am practically pacifist, and certainly anti-imperialist. So I…
We shall reach them in the classrooms: Promoting a 'military ethos' in schools
Will McCallum Fostering a 'military ethos' in schools: what's going on. Earlier this month the Department for Education published a statement on their website outlining their ambition to promote…
Party leader Salma Yaqoob resigns from Respect
Salma Yaqoob, the leader of the Respect party founded by its only MP, George Galloway, has resigned from the party citing a breakdown of "relations of trust and collaborative working".…
Empty seats at the Olympics show the reality of corporate Britain
I watched a bit of the Olympics yesterday. The road race cycling seemed to be well attended, even if many of us didn’t get the result we wanted to see.…
The Olympics Romneyshambles
Mitt Romney broke the first rule of politics: he told truth. If it wasn't close to the bone, his comment that London isn't ready for the Olympics wouldn't have touched…
Jack McConnell blasts Labour’s “caveman” attitude to Happiness Index
Former Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell has hit out at Labour's dismissal of the 'Happiness Index', published yesterday by the Office of National Statistics. Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Michael Dugher…
Why Osborne blames immigrants for the jobs crisis
George Osborne is in a rather embarrassing position. His “Office of Budget Responsibility” (OBR) is claiming that there must be more immigration to the UK. The OBR claims that the…
Securitise the Queen
Image: Doug Wheller Brett Scott is a writer and consultant working in alternative finance and financial activism. He blogs at and tweets as Times of economic stress call for creative…