Pepper spray update: the law is just for plebs
Slightly as I expected, in asking where the Met's Defence Council authorisation to carry pepper spray or CS was, I was missing something. I assumed it would be an obscure…
Are the police carrying pepper spray illegally?
Today, at a peaceful UK Uncut demonstration at a central London branch of Boots, a number of demonstrators were attacked by police officers deploying a lachrymatory agent which was either…
Philip Green doesn’t create wealth.
Over the last month, UK Uncut has seen wide public support. For the most recent day of action, I was in Oxford. We shut down 5 separate tax dodgers. Passers…
Pity the Taxpayers Alliance – on UK Uncut and Top Shop
This piece first appeared over at Red Pepper Pity the Taxpayers' Alliance. For months they've been holding meetings with senior figures from America's Tea Party. They thought they were about…
This doesn’t normally happen – Britain gets active.
A couple of weeks ago, I went into a Vodafone store. I had an awkward 3 minute conversation with some I vaguely recognised about which phones we liked best. Neither…