The Bloody Sunday Inquiry’s zero-sum equation
However painful, the truth of that day, Sunday January 30th 1972, Sunday, Bloody Sunday, deserves to be laid out for all to see; the dead and injured deserve nothing less.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Politics Summary: Friday, June 11th
Want to receive this politics summary in your inbox by 9am every morning? Sign up here. The front page of the Daily Mail demands, “Stand up for your country, Mr Cameron”. The paper says, “The Prime Minister caused dismay by appearingtest
Economic growth & fall in unemployment key to tacking child poverty
The best way to tackle child poverty is to tackle welfare dependency, shadow work and pensions minister Helen Goodman has said.
Lawson still won’t come clean about sceptic foundation’s funding
Since its inception, Lord Lawson’s climate-denying Global Warming Policy Foundation has been dogged by questions about funding.
Vaz and Hodge victorious in select committee elections
On Monday, we wrote on the importance of independent select committee chairs. Two of our four endorsements have been elected to chair their respective committees.
Should prisoners get the vote?
The Council of Europe sets next year’s elections to Stormont, Holyrood and Cardiff Bay as the date by which it expects the UK government to allow prisoners to vote.
Failure to extend free school meals will cost poorest families £600 a year
The Tories and Lib Dems have just condemned 50,000 children to continue a life in poverty with their decision not to extend free school meals to 500,000 of the poorest families.
Reality check on star chambers and fiscal deficits: A view from Canada
The Canadian experience shows that a government needs to get much more creative and draconian than that – but the UK anything near the level of intergovernmental transfers ripe for the cutting.
Leadership race comes alive with debate on immigration
At the New Statesman hustings last night, the most lively, passionate, interesting and important exchanges came during the question on immigration.
Politics Summary: Thursday, June 10th
Want to receive this politics summary in your inbox by 9am every morning? Sign up here. The Guardian’s front page features a large picture of Diane Abbott under the headline, “And then there were five. Abbott in race … withtest