Syrian government uses hospitals against protesters
Alex Hern reports on the Syrian regime of despotic mass-murdering tyrant Bashar al-Assad sinking to a new low in the Arab spring.
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.
Life is already hard for cancer patients. Don’t make it harder
Alex Hern covers the response from Macmillan cancer support to the government’s welfare reform bill, now in the House of Lords.
Will Tories and Lib Dems betray their own words as well as the NHS?
Alex Hern covers Baroness Thorton’s proposed amendment to the NHS bill. Will Tories and Lib Dems betray their own words as well as the NHS?
AV, Europe, Scotland… Where’s Cameron’s consistency on referendums?
Membership of the EU, Scottish independence, electoral reform… Alex Hern looks at David Cameron’s inconsistency on whether referendums are good or not.
Farage should check his own funds before accusing others of being in it for the money
Alex Hern details UKIP leader Nigel Farage’s hypocrisy in accusing other parties of being bought off by EU money.
Death of a tyrant: How the Libyan people responded to the end of Gaddafi
Alex Hern writes a short round up of some of the reaction to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s death on the local Libyan blogs and twitter.
Boris fiddles as London prepares for transport chaos
Alex Hern writes about the transport chaos set to descend on London for the Olympics, and details Ken Livingstone’s calls to the mayor for better preparation.
Why is Cameron repeating his job creation lies?
David Cameron repeated at Prime Minister’s Questions, for the third time, lies about the number of private sector jobs created since the 2010 general election.
Griffin’s friends the KKK come to Britain
Alex Hern reports on the exposure of a biker from Durham as the head of the KKK in the UK
Djanogly stripped of power – but how far did justice minister’s influence go?
Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly being stripped of his regulatory powers, but key questions remain, writes Left Foot Forward’s Alex Hern.