Now is the time for a campaign to stop Murdoch’s tax dodging
Many of you will no doubt be enjoying the collapse of Rupert Murdoch’s evil empire as much as I am. The end of his cynical, sneering and prurient approach to…
Tax the Seriously Rich to Stop Cuts
It became unfashionable during Labour’s days in power in Westminster, but mainstream politicians need to use their public profiles to trigger discussion about taxing the seriously rich, and not allow…
National Buy2Let Mortgage
We’ve all heard the Conservative/Lib-Dem analogy about thenation’s credit card. The coalition partners in Westminster love to accuse Labour of having built up the national debt as though they were…
What is the Commons, and how does it work?
This is the third in a series of ‘Case for the Commons: the kinder Society we want’ posts - the fourth will try to begin answering the question: Why do we…
The Commons is alive and well, and we can be part of it
This is the second in a series of ‘Case for the Commons: the kinder Society we want’ posts - the third will try and answer the question: What is the…
Justice for Smiley Culture
Today I'm up in Westminster Magistrates Court for my pre-hearing about the UK Uncut Fortnum & Mason protest on the 26th of March. But I've been advised not to write…
Charges Dropped Against Edinburgh Uncut Activists.
In a victory for the right to protest against the tax dodging of big business and the rich, charges against Uncut activists in Edinburgh were revealed to have been dropped…
Strike day – London
By Anna Mason Strike Day in London was a beautiful show of solidarity; public sector workers and supporters coming together to stick it to the Government's punishing new pension policies…
Strike day in Liverpool
by Peter Cranie Firstly some background. I'm a UCU membership secretary at my place of work. Like many people I voted for strike action over pensions. I went down to…
Strike day in Oxford.
We will have brief write-ups of strike and protest activities across the country from today - first, Oxford, by me. At seven thirty, in glorious sunshine, about 50 local residents…