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Articles tagged with ‘Politics’
Review: This House at National Theatre
Politics: The Other ‘Fourth Party’
Review: Coalition at The Pleasance Theatre
The political intricacies and machinations of...
Europe: The Great Debate
Politics: Lock-step to Fiscal Ruin
April 29, 2009, hardly strikes a chord as an...
Europe: Tax Can Be Taxing
Americas: A Tale of Two Debates: Obama v Romney
It would be hard to brand the 2012 Presidential Election race as anything but...
National: Reckless Expedience
On assuming Gordon Brown's dubious legacy to the nation, the...
Americas: The Battle Begins – Presidential Debate Preview
National: How do you Solve a Problem like Clegg?
If Nick Clegg truly wanted to save the reputation of the Liberal Democrats...
Europe: Pussy Riot Trial
Europe: Polluted Politics
As if to remind us that there is a world outside the feel...
National: Shard Criticism
Politics: Refocusing Anger
National: Dysfunctional Politics and Economics
London is the economic and political centre of Great Britain, and with such a lofty honour comes great risk...
National: Monarchical Pride?
With viewing figures for the BBC’s coverage of the...
Americas: Political Problems in Mexico
Previously in the throes of a predictable election campaign, the Mexican political scene now faces new...
Americas: Aggressive Ambition
It seems fair to say that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the 55th President of Argentina...
National: Downton Abbey Syndrome
Pin It I studied in Australia for many years, where the parliamentary system is modelled on the UK’s. I still remember my
National: The Return
Pin It Not being a member of the Bradford East constituency, I welcome George Galloway’s victory in last week’s by-election. It represents
National: Political Patying
This last week has displayed the extremes at which...
National: Qatada Rights
The most ridiculous thing about the current debate over what to do with...
TV Review: Black Mirror
There was a time when we thought TV couldn’t get much more tongue in cheek than watching Rebecca Loos wank off a
National: EU Treaty
The gamble David Cameron took in vetoing the European Union treaty change is likely to be...
Europe: Berlusconi, Media Mafioso
For 17 years, the 75 year-old, Silvio Berlusconi has more than clung on to...
National: EU Referendum
The outcome of last Monday’s parliamentary vote on an EU referendum was...
Europe: Can we believe ETA?
Spain has always been different. It is noticeably divided by...
Libya: What now?
Caught up in a social media frenzy, the likes of which have never been seen before...
Puffed out: Goodbye to Cigarettes
It's been over four years since the smoking ban in England came into effect...
Why Libya?
Human Rights Watch revealed that Benghazi’s troops are also committing abuses against the Libyan population.
Britain Strikes
After the latest in a series of general strikes hitting Greece, what is...
The Afghan Poppy Problem
The US withdrawal in Afghanistan has been welcomed across the political spectrum. A group of 25 US senators, almost all...
Bahrain Security Court gives Life sentences to 8 Shiite activists
It is clear that the situation in Bahrain has come to a head after two months of unrest. A special...
The Spanish Revolution
pain saw an unprecedented turnout for a national demonstration coined, ‘Real Democracia Ya’ or ‘Real Democracy Now’. Initially aimed...
Politics: Simple, Personal and Fun
The tuition fee issue last winter saw the biggest breakdown in relations between the government and young people for...
Why Libya but not Syria?
For all the controversy surrounding NATO’s intervention in Libya, the ultimate dilemma has surely hit the surface...
Potential Second Genocide threatens Sudan
Dozens have been killed in recent bombings and targeted attacks in...
Free Speech on Trial
Though largely ignored by British media, a popular Dutch politician stands trial on the curious charge of "hate speech": Geert Wilders, a...
Cameron fires back at Archbishop of Canterbury
David Cameron has reacted strongly to the claims by the Archbishop of Canterbury that...
Bahrain Demonstrations
January 2011 saw the civil unrest that had been stirring for several months in...
New charges given to 9/11 Suspects
A military tribunal will charge Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, self-described organiser of the 9/11 attacks will...
Does Wearing a Short Skirt make you Free?
I have to confess, when I put on my clothes in the morning, I do not consider it a moral decision...
Eurovision: Top 10 Amazing Performances
Eurovision has had a mix of great, weird, funny and...
One Year of Coalition Britain
This week the Coalition government celebrates its first year in office. A once-implausible marriage of...
Why ‘Yes’ lost the AV Argument
Well, that was two months well spent, wasn’t it? Yesterday...
Live by the Sword; Die by the Sword
The long-overdue death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of US Special Forces has rightly...
Preview: Anti-War Protest Discussion Forum Led by Tony Benn
London’s Imperial War Museum will be hosting a...
The Death of Public Enemy #1
Shortly before midnight, President Barack Obama addressed the US and the world to announce...
Criminal Distortion
It was one of those moments that forces you to step back and consider whether...
AV Referendum: Fairer Votes?
On May 5th the United Kingdom will vote on its second referendum of all its constituent states...
The 7th London Zine Symposium
Seven years ago, in the spring of 2004, Edd Baldry had an idea. He was working out of a squatters'...
UK & US intervention in Libya: bold or blind?
As reports come in from Libya that rebels are battling to take control of the area around Sirte...
The March for the Alternative
Trade unionists, students, anti-cuts activists and samba bands all united to form...
Livingstone’s Race for Mayor
In just over a year London will go back to the polls to select its Mayor for the fourth time...
Egypt & Tunisia Revisited
In yet another example of how celebrity news seems to take precedence over world events...
EXCLUSIVE The UK Jobs Market in 2011
Visit the Store: Full Content available in the Spring 2011 Issue... Young job seekers have received a triple blow to their dwindling prospects...
“Progress in Afghanistan”
Professor Theo Farrell appears, at first glance, to be an ordinary academic. Smart and professional-looking, he seems at home in the...
Assaint? Assinner? Julian Assange
We all know about Wikileaks. It was quite an exciting topic of conversation to bring up at the dinner table last autumn...
A Future for Free Speech?
One cannot help but wonder what happened to the country of John Locke. Doubtless for many, Milton’s Areopagitica and On Liberty...
North African Revolutions
As we prepared for Christmas and played in the snow a crisis was brewing in the North African nation of Tunisia...
EXCLUSIVE Ahmedinejad the Hypocrite; Obama, the Failure?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad spoke yesterday at the...
The Politicisation of the Pope
I recently spent a week in London, specifically the week in which...