January 2010
No Shock Doctrine for Haiti
A new facebook group has been set up to stock The Shock Doctrine in Haiti. But the IMF have only agreed an emergency £100m loan with conditions attached.
Do Rod Liddle’s human rights trump yours?
Catherine Bennett defends Rod Liddle. Since when did his freedom of speech trump mine or any of the other 3,900 members of the facebook group?
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
Round up of the week, includes Haiti, David Cameron, Alastair Campbell, Theresa May, Rod Liddle and Britain's rising prison population.
NGOs’ concerns at Cameron’s plan to “join up” budgets of DFID and MOD
NGOs have responded to David Cameron's plans to "join up" the International Development and Defence budgets with dismay.
Cameron “echoes” Tony Blair in Reading
Left Foot Forward contributer, Mark Thompson, has a fascinating account of a Cameron Direct event in Reading yesterday evening on […]
Tory plans to increase number of disabled MPs is welcome news but will they deliver?
The Conservatives plan a £1m fund to help disabled people become MPs; currently 20 per cent of British people are disabled - yet only 1 in 20 MPs are disabled.