The MIPIM property fair: everything that is wrong with regeneration in London
At a time when millions of Londoners need affordable housing, local authorities are knocking it down and replacing it with luxury flats.
Toby Hill
The rise of UKIP marks a failure of the left
Voters suffering most severely from forms of economic oppression, and who share fundamental left-wing values, are not voting for Labour and are definitely not voting for one of the parties to the left of Labour.
Why is a poppy ok on the BBC but not an AIDS ribbon?
Graham Norton’s AIDS ribbon reprimand proves the BBC should end its discriminatory favouring of the British Legion’s poppy.
The Great Gatsby holds up a mirror to the illusions of austerity Britain
In the mirror that The Great Gatsby holds up to 1920s America, we can see a reflection of our own illusions. We need to acknowledge them before we can deal with some of our most deep-rooted social problems.