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Open Letter to Owen Jones: On Syria, the left should be more critical of the Bennite Legacy 27 Aug 2013 | 05:23 pm
Dear Owen, Well, we have both had our say. On Friday I wrote ‘Time for the big stick on Syria’ at World Affairs. On Monday you wrote ‘For the Syrians’ sakes and for our own, we must not intervene’ at...
Football clubs and the minimum wage 27 Aug 2013 | 02:51 pm
The allure of the game has led football clubs to take advantage of its devoted fans, writes Chris Olewicz Back in April, it emerged that four Premier League football clubs (including Reading Swansea ...
Syria: How many more children must end up in body bags before the West acts? 27 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
As the drumbeat of military action in Syria grows ever louder, Christians in the country now find themselves between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand the country’s Christian community is face...
Taking back control of our energy future 23 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
By Hannah Martin and Graham Thompson from No Dash For Gas This week in Sussex, we’ve been reclaiming the power. At our six-day camp, we’ve shared skills, discussed complex environmental and social is...
German Election Analysis: left parties struggle against centrism of Angela Merkel 23 Aug 2013 | 05:03 pm
Calum Young is studying for a masters in European Law at the University of Leiden, having previously studied both Law and German. Angela Merkel is frequently portrayed in non-German media as an unrel...
It is tragic that only reports of chemical attacks return international attention to Syria 23 Aug 2013 | 03:28 pm
Joseph Willits works for Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding). He Tweets @JosephWillits. In recent months, Britain has been going through a phase of Syria fatigue. Astonishing figures of tw...
Boris wastes £200k promoting himself and 103 year old bus route 22 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm
Val Shawcross AM is London Assembly Labour Group Transport Spokeswoman This week it was revealed that Boris Johnson spent £200,000 of farepayers’ money promoting his New Bus for London on the route 2...
For many young people ‘study hard, work hard, go to university, get a job’ isn’t reality 22 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
Alexzandar Swatton writes on a number of issues, both for this blog and others. A recent politics & sociology graduate from the University of Sheffield, Alex is a former business proprietor and a lif...
Section 28 rears its head again in the UK 22 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
Benjamin Butterworth is a journalist for Gay Times magazine and represents London on Young Labour national committee. He tweets @benjaminbutter Section 28 is parliamentary history at its stickiest. I...
Increasingly gendered A Level choices are part of a wider problem and should concern us all 22 Aug 2013 | 03:26 pm
Natalie King is a Politics and Spanish student at the University of Sheffield. She tweets @Natalie_Dawn92 For the last two years, A Level results day has not been the predictable news day it always w...
