Hundreds join UK Uncut's Downing Street Dole Queue to tell George Osborne that 'Austerity Isn't Working'
Nearly 400 UK Uncut protestors gathered to form a 'dole queue' outside Downing St today to highlight soaring unemployment under the government's austerity programme. Unemployed people from across London came…
UK Uncut to form 'dole queue' outside Downing Street to highlight soaring unemployment
Hundreds of people will gather to form a 'dole queue' outside Downing St at 11am on Budget Day, Wed 21st March to highlight soaring unemployment under the government's austerity programme.…
Thoughts from the austerity frontline – Something we can do
For the past week, I’ve been reading Paul Mason’s ‘Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere’, which I thoroughly recommend. I’ve been reading it mostly while travelling between appointments and workplace visits…
Shop a Scrounger – the £1500 F&M poem
We always knew things in Fortnum and Mason were expensive. But this poem cost Danny Chivers £1500. He was among those found guilty yesterday of 'aggrevated trespass with intent to…
Starmer Drama: DPP’s Today programme announcement shows that the CPS are not even following their bizarre new guidelines
By one of the Fortnum & Mason arrestees These days, I’m all too used to being woken up by the sound of my own voice shouting at the radio. This…
The real silent majority
NUS conference is coming up. Motions are being; drafted, circulated, proposed and seconded all the across the country. However, soon many of these excellent motions will fall foul of the…
Social media and the building of a radical clique
Over Christmas, I danced reels in the Airlie Village Hall with people I've known for longer than I can remember. I had my mobile phone in my sporran. After some…
News: Disabled people block Oxford Circus to protest
Oxford Circus was completely blocked today as a group of people from Disabled People Against Cuts, Disabled People’s Direct Action Network and UK Uncut came together to protest against the…
Dick of the Year – Dave Hartnett
This is (probably) the final nomination for 2011's Dick of the Year award. We will open voting tomorrow. Nobody expects The Telegraph to like the taxman, but when they're criticising…
Why I’m using my tax rebate to sue the taxman
A couple of days before Christmas, a letter came in the mail for me. It was for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, telling me I was due a tax rebate…