December 2011
USA 2012: The conspiracy aimed at nailing Palin
Alex Hern reports on the defence of Sarah Palin by the Tea Party Express.
The “New Right”: Gaddafi lovers, Holocaust deniers and ‘up market’ fascists
Shamik Das looks at the “New Right”, aka BNP lite.
Cameron is pricing the young out of education and consigning them to the dole queue
Today’s unemployment figures make for depressing reading, especially for young people, writes Sally Hunt.
Grim economic week: 128,000 more people jobless at Christmas
Alex Hern runs through the unemployment figures. Despite minor good news for Northern Ireland and the East of England, they remain grim.
Durban’s a letdown, Canada’s a dropout, and Russia’s leaking methane
Alex Hern rounds up the latest news from the Durban climate change sujmmit, and the latest environment news from around the world.
Should Northern Ireland football scrap God Save the Queen?
Should the Northern Ireland Football team should sing “God Save the Queen” before their matches? Ed Jacobs investigates.