By Dan McCurry
International pressure over the case of Aung San Suu Kyi appears now to be having an effect. The generals have reduced the court’s sentence from 3 years hard labour to 18 months house arrest in order to simply keep her out of the way, as they undertake reforms including the promise of an election.
My film focuses on the personal stories of the campaigners at Burma Campaign UK.
Yesterday, the Sun Newspaper set out its ‘Sunifesto’ for Britain; today here’s my response – a ‘Sunnyfesto’. (Note: because this is based on the Sun’s version, some of the lines and headings have been taken from there.) FIVE years ago Britain was in dire straits, having barely escaped the deepest recession in living memory after an unprecedented credit crunch and collapsing financial institutions. We needed change and in May 2010 we were unfortunately lumped with the Tory/Lib-Dem coalition. The Conservatives, […]
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Today Shadow Housing Minister Emma Reynolds will explain how Labour will help those companies classed as small and medium enterprises (SME) build more houses as part of an effort to addressing the housing crisis. In a speech at Parliament, Reynolds will reveal new figures that show since 2010, 356 fewer homes have been built every day, resulting in 652,000 overcrowded households. These figures also show the number of homes built by SME builders has dropped from 34% in 2010 to 27% […]
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Following two big speeches on the NHS from Ed Miliband and Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham today, Labour have announced this evening that they would increase the number of nurse training places. This plan would see more than 10,000 extra places created in the next Parliament, and would be paid for by the Time to Care investment fund (the £2.5 billion made from the mansion tax, stamping down on tax avoidance and the levy on tobacco firms). This policy looks […]
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It is being reported that Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls ruled out the possibility of a Labour coalition with the SNP during an interview with Sky News earlier. Presenter Dermot Murnaghan suggested that, according to Sky News election projections, “the SNP could more or less wipe out Labour in Scotland. He then asked: “You as the largest party would end up in a coalition with them. Is that a deal you could do?” Ed Balls replied: “No. And I don’t think anybody is suggesting […]
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Shadow Home Office minister David Hanson has today slammed the Government for allowing just 90 refugees from Syria to enter the UK. In under four years of civil war in the country, it is estimated that nine million people have been displaced from their homes. In an article in The Independent, Hanson notes that this week marks a year since the Home Office began to accept refugees fleeing the crisis into Britain, following pressure from Labour and thousands of campaigners. […]
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