There’s no prize in Sorrell’s race to the bottom
Alex Hern explains why Sir Martin Sorrell’s feint over corporation tax is empty: he has no jobs to offer us, and wouldn’t pay any tax even if he did move back.
Alex Hern
Website Alex graduated St Peter's College, Oxford, in 2011 and is a former Parliamentary researcher. He is currently working as Left Foot Forward's intern. Alex is an avid comic aficionado and critic. You should follow him on twitter.
Hacker’s unfair extradition may yet be prevented
Alex Hern covers the latest debate around the use of the lopsided UK-US extradition treaty.
No-one borrows out of a borrowing crisis, except the Tories, Labour, Lib Dems, Denmark…
Alex Hern takes to task the Tories’ repeated refrain, most recently voiced by Claire Perry MP, that no one else is borrowing their way out of a borrowing crisis.
Labour’s academies legislation laid the ground for free schools’ marriage moralising
Alex Hern reveals that the Telegraph’s story on Free Schools and section 28 is ten years out of date – this isn’t Gove’s nasty, it’s Blair’s.
Life in the Lords logjam may be death for the health bill
Alex Hern gives a latest update on where the NHS bill stands in the House of Lords, and writes about the extent of the logjam in the upper house.
David Miliband: Attacking Iran would increase the risk of nuclear war
Alex Hern reports David Miliband’s remarks in the Financial Times, in which the former foreign secretary argues against an invasion of Iran.
Occupy LA evicted as America clamps down on protest
Alex Hern covers the latest news from the occupy movement in the USA.
Osborne’s mini-budget takes £1.7bn from women
Alex Hern runs through the latest issues the government is having with gender equality
How to be Jeremy Clarkson
Alex Hern gives a four-step guide to being Jeremy Clarkson.
Krugman: Coalition is “bleeding” Britain dry
Paul Krugman on why there isn’t much hope that austerity will help Britain.