A shocking proposal to deprive the poor of a basic democratic right: the ability to challenge unfair decisions by the state
The Coalition’s reforms to Judicial Review are anti-democratic and obnoxious.
Tom London
Shapps and the press are the ‘absolute disgrace’
Rather than address Raquel Rolnik’s points about the Bedroom Tax, the government has engaged in character assassination.
Opinion: Russia’s attitude over Syria is significantly affected by West’s deception over Libya
Russia’s opposition to military action in Syria is partly the result of it feeling deceived over the UN vote to intervene in Libya two years ago, argues Tom London.
Syria debate – poisoning the well and dragging into the gutter
The Syria debate shows that since the Iraq War politicians and the public have become less inclined to accept the word of those in authority.
Michael Gove, we need to teach less competitiveness and more compassion
Eton has a practice known as “oiling”, which as Anthony Seldon has approvingly noted “is learning how to win friends and influence others, and how to clamber over them to get what you want. It’s a mixture of ambition, self-confidence and bloody-mindedness.”