A history lesson for Cardinal Keith O’Brien
Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s provocative anti-gay marriage language incites the intolerant and at times violent minority to fight equality, writes James Hallwood.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Lessons from North Korea: There is a safer way to engage Iran
CND’s Kate Hudson assesses the lessons we can learn from North Korea engagement with the West after the accession of Kim Jong-un.
Britain 2012: Some families have only £2 per person per day for food
The fact that some families have £2 per person per day for food is a stark reality for many – but this hardship is lost on the government, report Family Action.
The document A4E doesn’t want you to see
An internal A4e document suggests A4e’s work programme performance has been poor. We round up the evidence and allow readers to make up their own mind.
The World Outside Westminster – Romney marches on towards Super Tuesday reckoning
Tom Rouse presents our round-up of news from around the world, including the latest on the 2012 US Presidential election campaign.
A state free of religion is a core liberal belief
Mike Morgan Giles argues that Tory Baroness Sayeeda Warsi is wrong – we need “militant secularists”, whatever they are.
The Week Outside Westminster: Murdoch goes Salmond-fishing
Ed Jacobs presents the news of the week in Northern Ireland, Wales, and – yes! – even Scotland.
Warsi’s call for the dominance of Christianity ignores that it’s Islam under threat
Peter Allen and Rebecca Wainwright argue that the difficulty of getting ‘Islamic’ architecture built in Britain shows the flaws in Warsi’s claim that militant secularisation is a problem
Look Left – A4e: Corruption, fraud and the £200m failure to help the unemployed
A4e, the scandal-hit company that has handled millions of pounds of government contracts, was the centre of corruption and fraud allegations this week.
Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley: Labour’s gift that keeps on giving?
Cormac Hollingsworth reveals the enormous sums made from the nationalisation of Bradford and Bingley and Northern Rock, and asks what it’s being used for.