A tale of two parties: Learning the environmental lessons from the 2010 coalition
Image credit: Number 10, Creative Commons It’s May 2010. Good Times by Roll Deep is charting number one, a track about keeping the party going and living your best life.…
Why I occupied Nick Clegg’s office for free education
Yesterday, along with The Free University of Sheffield, I occupied Nick Clegg’s office. The reasons for doing this are several, probably obvious, but always worth repeating: Nick Clegg & the Liberal Democrats…
Miliband, Cameron and Clegg must share the blame for the EDL
The EDL are on the march. A movement which had almost been vanquished has vomited its bile over the streets once more. While we must stand up to them, it…
Rio+20: The UK’s Great Nature Sale
Kirsty Wright is a campaigner at the World Devleopment Movement. The dismal outcome of the Rio+20 summit has been slammed by people across the world, yet again disappointed the reluctance…
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…
SOAS arrests: Where are the Lib Dems on protest rights?
“I was personally punched and thrown down the stairs by officers.” Meet Alex. He's a postgrad student at UCL. On Monday he joined a peaceful demonstration at SOAS against Higher…
A dog’s dinner?
In publishing his proposals for Lords Reform, our Deputy PM invited constructive criticism of the proposals. He didn’t get it. Rather, he got a chorus of abuse from both the…
Against social mobility: equality, class and the Jilted Generation.
This week Nick Clegg announced a new strategy to improve social mobility in the UK. Firms will have to advertise work experience in schools, they'll have to allow staff time…
Dick of the year: Nick Clegg
It's the most highly anticipated election of the year so far. The votes have been cast; the ballots counted. There were 40 nominations for 38 challengers. But in the end,…
Dick of the year: Nick Clegg
This is a nomination for the Bright Green #dick2010 award from Derek Wall The financial crisis buried free market economics but now, paradoxically, we have a government dedicated to marketising…