What’s good for the Greeks is good for EU ganders
It’s barely two weeks since the Greeks elected an anti-austerity government, but the dominant economic and political establishment is looking to quietly dissipate its energy and dynamism so it can
Think Russell Brand is ugly? You’ve seen nothing yet.
So Canterbury was the scene of one of the most rowdy editions of the BBC’s flagship political discussion programme Question Time for some years. Well, it was always likely to
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Israeli-style policing in Ferguson gives US minorities a taste of Palestine
Israel’s position as a pariah state seems assured with revelations that at least four US police departments have been coached in the ‘counter-terrorism’ techniques used by the IDF in the
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The Lobbying Bill: A chilling, anti-democratic gagging law
As leader of the opposition, David Cameron said the shady world of political lobbying was in desperate need of reform and that politics needed to be ‘cleaned up’. Lobbying, he
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Monstering the poor and the threat to democracy
We are constantly being bombarded with nonsense about why the poor are poor, and why the rich are rich. London’s buffoon-in-mayoral-residence, Boris Johnson, and his speech last year on why
More poverty and homelessness: Labour’s vision for Workfare Britain
The end of politics: Labour’s plan to continue persecuting the poor if the party wins the 2015 election is a betrayal of its history and core support. It also shows
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Nigel Farage: Working mothers are not as valuable to City employers as male colleagues
Unfazed by the UK Independence Party’s suspension of David Silvester over his comments on God’s retribution for same-sex marriage, the party’s leader Nigel Farage has been waxing lyrically on another favourite
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Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque and climb Dome of the Rock
Israel’s ever-aggressive band of radical Jewish settlers have committed a “flagrant violation against places of worship”, according to the country’s Islamic-Christian Commission, by repeatedly storming the iconic Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
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God caused Christmas floods in fury over gay marriages, claims UKIP councillor
[This is NOT satire, just so you know] The floods which ruined Christmas celebrations across much of southern England are a sign of God’s disapproval of homosexuality, according to a
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Five Broken Cameras: an everyday story of resistance to Israeli occupation
http://youtu.be/3VS6XDAQ2g0 After graduating in 1986, I spent a couple of months working as a volunteer at Kibbutz Hagoshrim, located just 1km from the Lebanese border in northern Israel. While we
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