Cameron’s popularity slips as Brown’s rises
Gordon Brown’s popularity has risen 6 points to 35 per cent in the last 18 months, with David Cameron’s popularity down 9 points to 45 per cent.
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Robin Hood Tax campaign goes live
A campaign for a Financial Transactions Tax (a “Robin Hood tax”) of 0.05% is launched today. No other measure would raise so much money or do so little harm.
Poblish: a new blog aggregator
Poblish.org is a new political platform created for bloggers who are passionate about technology and politics. It aims to break the oligarchy of ‘go-to’ bloggers
One Young World summit to open in London tonight
At the inaugural One Young World summit from February 8th to 10th in London, hundreds of young leaders from 192 nations will take up the most pressing issues.
Treasury face judicial review over RBS emissions
The UK’s biggest contributor to climate change is the banking industry. And top of the list within the sector is the taxpayers’ very own, Royal Bank of Scotland.
The Pope is wrong: Britain’s equalities legislation strengthens “natural law”
Yesterday the religious right made its latest attack on UK equalities legislation. But Pope Benedict is wrong, the Equalities Bill strengthens “natural law.”
We need a New Turn from tribal politics
Politicians want young people to engage in business-as-usual party politics. But young people are not voting and are turned off the old approach to tribal politics.
Attacks on British Muslims are being brushed under the carpet
Last Saturday hundreds of Muslim civic and community leaders joined together during a public meeting in Birmingham to discuss the growing spate of unchallenged hatred and bigotry flourishing against British Muslims in our country. It took place on the sametest
Boris’ hypocrisy on (economy) class
Boris Johnson has railed against Peter Mandelson for travelling to Davos in business class. But the mayor has abused his taxi expenses to the tune of £4,600.
Claimants set to lose out from Jackson review
The Jackson review into the costs of legal cases involving negligence was launched last year. Claimants will be the losers if his recommendations are adopted.