Video: Caroline Lucas speaks at fees protest
Thought it worth sharing this barnstorming speech from Caroline Lucas at the fees rally on Victoria Embankment earlier this evening:
Why Occupy in Scotland?
At on Wednesday around 200 students, workers and claimants occupied lecture theatre 2 in Appleton Tower in solidarity with occupations across the country. As I write this we're just settling…
#dayx closes, did it work?
As night ends the biggest day of civil disobedience in a generation, many will reflect on what it has achieved. While kettled in at Whitehall earlier today, I had a…
Edinburgh DayX – Photo Blog
Inital advice before we leave Bristo Square: The police are our friends today, they're facing cuts too. Don't be an arse. On our way to Haymarket to post the Lib…
On Coalition, Compromise, and Cable
So, Vince Cable has ruffled a few feathers by claiming that the Lib Dems have not gone back on a promise on fees. Given that every simple MP signed a…
Doomed to be ignored: The state, media and the hegemonic silencing of dissent.
By Alex Wood Following the fees demo there has been an outpouring of moral outrage from across the elite; from the media, police, politicians and union bureaucrats. Student activists seem…
The Millbank Protest
By Leo-Marcus Wan Let’s be honest We’ll start with the fire-extinguisher. It was an act of stupidity by an individual. It could have resulted in someone’s death. Watching the videos…
Anger of a Doomed Youth
Scenes of 18 year olds smashing the windows of the Tory Party HQ were not what I expected today. I expected it to be big - possibly the biggest demonstration…
Kept your Promises? No you Haven’t.
On Sunday John Hemming, Lib Dem MP for Birmingham Yardley, claimed that not only had the Lib Dems stuck to their pre-election pledge to introduce a fairer system of university…