Shamik Das
Look Left – Racism at Euro 2012, the Diamond Jubilee and remembering Margaret Bondfield
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
You know all about the racism, now read about the homophobia in the Euro 2012 hosts
As Left Foot Forward reported last week, there are big fears racism, anti-Semitism and violence will mar Euro 2012, which kicks off tomorrow in Poland.
So, Mr Cameron, why spare Hunt and knife Warsi? (As if we don’t already know…)
David Cameron is referring Baroness Warsi to the adviser on the Ministerial Code; he is not referring Jeremy Hunt... Spot the difference?
Look Left – The evil of Assad, u-turns galore and the failure of austerity
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
EU area unemployment up 1.9 million in a year – as Spain’s jobless rate nears 25%
From April 2011 to April 2012, unemployment has risen across the European Union, with Spain's jobless rate nearing one in four, reports Shamik Das.
‘They made them chant slogans in praise of the regime then executed them’
Syria: Another day, another massacre at the hands of Assad's militia, this time the execution of 11 factory workers in al-Buweida al-Sharqiya, near Qusair.