The global financial crisis, not 9/11, has defined the last decade
The global financial crisis, not 9/11, has defined the last decade, argues Tom Rouse.
Tom Rouse
Website Tom is an activist with Yes! To Fairer Votes in the West Midlands. He is the co-founder/editor of The Grapevine website.
Poll of US Muslims shows multiculturalism and diversity alive and well
New polling dats provides welcome reassurance multiculturalism and the embracing of religious and racial diversity in the US is far from dead, reports Tom Rouse.
What does Coulson have on Cameron and Murdoch?
Phone hacking: The big question now is what does Andy Coulson know that neither David Cameron nor James Murdoch wants coming out? By Left Foot Forward’s Tom Rouse.
Glenn Beck’s sickening “Hitler Youth” jibe has come as no surprise
The shocking insensitivity of Glenn Beck’s “Hitler Youth” attack on the Utoya Island terror victims will come as no surprise to regular followers of his remarks.
Idiotic pie-attacker will do nothing to boost the anti-Murdoch cause
Today’s select committee hearings into phone hacking briefly descended into chaos after a protestor attacked Rupert Murdoch, reports Tom Rouse.
Fox take Murdoch sycophancy to new lows
Ahead of this afternoon’s select committee appearance, it’s worth reminding ourselves of the worrying level of control Rupert Murdoch has over the news agenda.
Is Piers next on the chopping block?
Though most eyes remain fixed on News International, Piers Morgan’s time as editor of the Daily Mirror is coming under the spotlight over phone hacking.
VIDEO: The kind of slavish interview the gutless Murdoch prefers
Rupert Murdoch has turned down an invitation to answer questions from Members of Parliament; here’s the video of the kind of slavish Fox News interview he prefers.
Murdoch’s BSkyB capitulation is far from the end – the fight must go on
Ed Miliband’s best week as leader yet has reached a new peak with News Corporation withdrawing their bid for to take full control of BSkyB, writes Tom Rouse.
Cooper: Tory “reputation” on law and order “was only ever rhetoric”
One of the key arguments at yesterday’s Progress conference was that Labour, not the Conservatives, are the party who can rightly claim to be the party of law and order.