R.I.P Rodney King: “Can we all get along?”
Rodney King, 1965-2012, wanted to be remembered for the short speech he made, appealing for an end to the LA race riots of the early 1990s.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Welsh government publishes landmark legislation on organ donations
The Welsh government today published for consultation draft legislation to provide for a system of presumed consent for organ donations.
Tory tantrums: Backbenchers on the warpath over Hunt and Lords reform
After the Liberal Democrats abstained from last week’s vote on referring Jeremy Hunt over breaches of the Ministerial Code, the Tories prepare to strike back.
Comment: NUJ gen sec: Why I’m rooting for Leveson
General secretary of the NUJ Michelle Stanistreet gives her view on what the Leveson Inquiry must achieve.
Poll: Voters caution against risky regional pay
There is widespread concern about the impact of regional pay on services across the political spectrum, a new TUC/Survation poll reveals.
Global recovery has stalled and confidence in policy makers is waning
As the decisive elections in Greece conclude and the G20 summit in Los Cabos begins, world leaders must refocus their attention on the ailing economy.
The home secretary is oversimplifying article 8 of the Human Rights Act
The home secretary’s argument on the need to reform barriers to the deportation of foreign criminals is based on a misinterpretation of the law as it stands.
The NHS crisis: A spotter’s guide
Pastygate, Leveson and the local election results have kept the NHS out of the headlines. For now.
It is time to debate a new economy
It has been two years since George Osborne proposed an ‘enterprise-led recovery’, but the economy has in no way recovered.
The Left, “Englishness” and voting conservative
Speaking up for an English identity should form part of Labour’s new conservative narrative.