Vodafone's "flagship" store in Oxford Street was shut down on Wednesday by a group of activists protesting the £6 billion in taxes the company has dodged with the approval of HM Treasury.
Important news on the civil liberties front. It turns out that when the government promised they'd "end the storage of internet and email records without good reason&
The new shadow cabinet was announced by Ed Miliband this morning following some pretty swift decision-making. It's listed here in full.
My first reaction is that New Labour
Many congratulations to OurKingdom author Clare Sambrook who has been shortlisted for the prestigious Bevins Prize, established to recognize outstanding achievement in investigative journalism.
There will be a purple rally on Tuesday evening calling on Ed Miliband to back the campaign for fairer votes.
What the new leader of the official opposition could say if....
Can the underdog snatch the crown with a last minute surge? Will the second preferences swing it? With only a few days left of voting the country awaits with baited breath the outcome of....
I've just got back from a superlative evening of entertainment and political discussion at the Cut's Won't Work benefit gig at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club.
Whatever your views on the Conservatives' Big Society idea for the UK, it seems reasonable to ask what our political leaders are doing to help realise an idea they are so keen to promote. That is what a recent survey of MPs aims to do – but the approach isn’t free from controversy
There's a particularly witty hashtag doing the rounds on Twitter at the moment which I couldn't resist sharing. The spikedinthe18thcentury tweets involve mock-headlines that can be enjoyed by anyone with a passing knowledge of the 18th century and Spiked's bizarre brand of posturing contrarianism.
The cancellation by Tony Blair of several events on his book tour this week due to fears of disruption by anti-war protesters has led to a misplaced concern in some quarters over the former Prime Minister’s “free speech”.
