What the #opcotton decision means for the Con Dem’s cuts
If we can’t value our justice system what can we value? asks Sara Ibrahim.
Sara Ibrahim
Website Sara writes for Left Foot Forward on foreign affairs and legal issues; she is the chair of the Young Fabians and a barrister.
Beveridge, the Royal baby and Osborne’s sickening ‘scrounger’ rhetoric
George Osborne’s proposals to make real term cuts to welfare and the impending arrival of a new Royal baby – two things that are inextricably linked.
Comment: Rebellions, loyalty and Governor Christie
With different faces of rebellion being seen on either side of the Atlantic, Young Fabians chair Sara Ibrahim looks at the various aspects of political loyalty.
The Government’s Youth Contract is not up to the job
This morning the Work and Pensions committee publish their report on the Government’s Youth Contract, their initiative to tackle record high youth unemployment. So confident were the coalition that they thought this was the right approach, that the Labour initiative,test
Serious Obama shows stomach for the fight and a strategy to match
Sara Ibrahim, chair of the Young Fabians, reports from Charlotte, North Carolina on President Barack Obama’s speech.
Clinton rides to the rescue, lighting up convention season and firing up the Dems
In the latest in our series of reports from the Democratic National Convention 2012, Sara Ibrahim reports from Charlotte on Bill Clinton’s barnstorming speech.
We can’t ignore the Coalition’s plans to change employment law
After the excitement of the Beecroft report, little interest has been shown in the employment law changes that the Tory-led government wants to pursue.
How can we have fairer capitalism?
Sara Ibrahim presents a preview of the Young Fabians breakout session at the Fabian Society New Year Conference tomorrow.
Reducing job security won’t decrease unemployment
Sara Ibrahim shows how reducing job security by weakening the tribunals system won’t decrease unemployment.
Palestine UN bid: Without courage, the cause of moderates will be lost
Israel, the Palestinians and other voting states in the UN Security Council must show courage. Without this the cause of moderates on both sides will be lost.