Well the count is almost over in Ireland. While the election of a Fine Gael lead government is hardly a cause for great celebration, the election has nonetheless produced some excellent results. That was Joe Higgins, MEP and Socialist Party member, delivering some truths about the Irish Bailout. And now he has been elected to [...]
Last night activists opened up a space for the anti-cuts movement in 11 Bedford Square in London. The space will be a convergent space for meeting, organising, preparing actions and resources. They have a website http://anticutsspace.wordpress.com/ and their twitter is @anticutsspace We really encourage all activists to come down and make the space great. There [...]
Assange has now lost his extradition case and looks set to be heading to Sweden. Thankfully most people have now gotten over the idea that the acts alleged to have taken place do not really constitute sexual assault – if true, then they certainly do. Yet today’s judgement, over whether Assange should be extradited, nonetheless [...]
Cameron said: “I simply don’t understand how you can’t understand how democracies have a right to defend themselves. I would have thought this argument is particularly powerful right here in Kuwait which, 20 years ago, was invaded by a thuggish bullying neighbour who disrespected your sovereignty, invaded your country and destroyed parts of your capital [...]
The International Monetary Fund has released a paper entitled Inequality, Leverage and Crisis making the case that inequality was an ‘underlying cause of the Great Recession of 2008-2009′, The Telegraph reports: “Global unemployment remains at record highs, with widening income inequality adding to social strains,” he [IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn] said, citing turmoil in North Africa as [...]
In a couple of months we will be taking a vote on the most basic aspect of our democracy – the way in which we elect our government. Yet one could be forgiven, over the past few days, for forgetting that such politically important matters were at stake. First we had the much trumpeted revelation from [...]
When explaining the Conservative vision of the ‘Big Society’ to the public, Cameron and co. have always emphasised the role to be played by the voluntary sector (after all, most people would agree that charities are generally a good thing). The state, they claim, often ‘crowds out’ other non-government organisations that are better suited to the task of [...]
Back in one of my earliest posts I expressed my unease with the guerilla campaign then being carried out against plastic surgery. And right now the subject is back on every body’s lips. The death of Claudia Aderotimi – after a botched operation to make her bottom bigger – has prompted much anxiety about why [...]
Last Friday I enjoyed a drink with some friends at the Southampton Arms. Upon arrival we had immediately headed outside, partly because the pub was extremely crowded, and partly because, like many other people, we still enjoy a drink amd a smoke. Suddenly just as the clock struck 10 several staff appeared in the beer [...]
LibCon today has a link to a poll commissioned by the FT showing that around 60% of those questioned agreed that it was wrong for companies in the UK to avoid tax, despite its legality, while only 15% disagreed. This, as the FT points out, is good news for UKUncut and their anti-tax avoidance campaign [...]
