The BNP’s appointments to European committees expose their shameless hypocrisy
By Shamik Das The two British National Party MEPs elected in last month’s European elections have this week…
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Protest demonstrations and the police
By Brian Barder [Note: The following comments on police behaviour at protest demonstrations were originally sent in an…
Prescott makes his donation target in 24 hours
By Mark Hanson Go Fourth, the campaign vehicle launched 10 months ago by John Prescott and Alastair Campbell,…
This generation should make the case for decriminalising “controlled” drugs
By Kevin Bovania Britain’s policy on controlling drug use has hardly changed in nearly 40 years. The Misuse…
Our social housing behemoths ignore the empty properties which a bit of self-help can bring back into use
By David Floyd We don’t have enough social housing. All the major political parties currently agree. According to…
Let’s take power away from unelected bodies and put our trust in local government
By James Hulme If the oft-quoted slogan that “all politics is local” is true, it is baffling that…
Host communities should be able to share in the profits of renewable energy
By Melanie Smallman The one idea that the government should implement while it is still in power is,…
Slash the number of ministers if you want Parliament to be truly empowered
By James Crabtree A single grand idea to revitalise Labour’s fortunes? One which works, costs almost nothing, can…
Respected US diplomat and foreign affairs expert slams Cameron as a”dubious choice” who should be “ditched at the altar”
By Will Straw / @wdjstraw Respected US diplomat and foreign policy expert, David Rothkopf, has described David Cameron…
Ten real things which could be achieved for older people in the next ten months
By Stephen Burke It would be more than unfair to say that the government had run out of…
