Time to take Britain out of our greatness
This guest post from Anthony Barnett was first on Our Kingdom Alex Salmond’s Hugo Young lecture, delivered yesterday evening in King's Place, the Guardian's headquarters, was an enjoyable affair. It…
Why I am taking my university to court.
First year biological science student Sam Weaver is taking the university of Birmingham to court over its widely publicised “ban” on protests, he explains here in his own words what…
Sometimes We Win
After the heartbreaking defeats of several popular anti-cuts campaigns in the last few months, we can sometimes forget that campaigning isn't always a futile activity. But yesterday, after a six-month-long…
Internet censorship is about more than SOPA/PIPA
By Carl van Tonder Dear everyone, Thank you for your concern over SOPA/PIPA. I find your attitude towards online censorship puzzling, however. Friends in the UK, your internet is almost…
University of Birmingham students declare "I am Spartacus"
Today Birmingham students showed defiance against a repressive university. In response to a student being singled out and disciplined for taking part in an occupation of an unused university building…
Student protestor attacked by his own union president
By Simon Furse and Edd Bauer Mark Harrop, the Tory president of the University Of Birmingham Guild Of Students (student union), has Colluded with the University management to try and…
I can’t draw a line under democracy.
Edd Bauer has spent weeks suspended from his job as Vice President Education of the Birmingham Guild of Students, threatened with dismissal because he missed some meetings - whilst being…
Addressing the democratic deficit in student unions
I was suspended on the very first day of term from an elected representative position in the guild of students on the basis of my political campaigning and arrest. Despite…
The problem with “values”
So David Cameron has made a speech, and yet again a leading politician has raised the issues of “values”. You can read the full speech here, but below are some…
Lib Dems aren’t modifying Tory policy. They are allowing it.
As the European elephant in the cabinet room finally rears and strains the Clegg-Cameron bonds, many Liberal Democrats are once again questioning why they are in government at all. And…