Richard Holbrooke, US Diplomat dies – most notably responsible for brokering the end of the Balkans way in mid-90’s. Councils announce cuts of between 5-10% in spending following the Spending Review Julian Assange of Wikileaks allowed out of Wandsworth Jail… Read More ›
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One-Liner Week 12 December 2010
Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks is arrested on the grounds of sex charges brought by the Swedish authorities. He is in prison in the UK. Unlike the UK which is experiencing extremely low temperatures, Israel prays for rain after months… Read More ›
Cancun Climate talks: Global Turd Polishing
After the debacle that was the Copenhagen Climate conference, there followed the Cancun conference attended by 20,000+ people which used as much energy as a small UK town uses in a whole year. The science on the subject is so… Read More ›
Students tuition fees protest: Victory or just violence?
30 days after the original, almost now iconic, student protest at Millbank Tory HQ, was the 4th protest which coincided with the day of the vote in the House of Commons. The lead up to this day has seen much… Read More ›
Nick Clegg: The Perils of Power
The heady days of Cleggmania must feel like a different world back in April when the British public discovered Nick Clegg. He shone above the weary politics of the well-polished Tory David Cameron and the dour and depressing Gordon Brown…. Read More ›
UK Uncut protest: Careful with that Tax regime.
The UK Uncut (#ukuncut) organisation is gathering momentum throughtout the country and is being fuelled through the benefits of social networking, principally through Twitter and Facebook. This is clearly going to be a fascinating development in how democracy can be… Read More ›
Bob Crow: Answer to the Tory Cuts?
At the end of October I was at a March against the Tory spending cuts which started from the RMT ( Rail and Maritime Union) HQ near Euston station. With Bob Crow being the leader of this Union he was… Read More ›