Paul Nowak: Conservative attacks on the right to protest threaten free speech, free assembly and open democracy
‘The threat to protest and the undermining of the right to strike raise questions about the UK’s commitment to open democracy’
‘The threat to protest and the undermining of the right to strike raise questions about the UK’s commitment to open democracy’
Labour is counting on the unpopularity of the Conservative Party to catapult it into power but in the absence of specific policies and failure to improve quality of life, electoral goodwill will quickly evaporate.
Housing delayed is, after all, housing denied
The significance of achieving a 50:50 Parliament is not simply about numbers.
If Labour is to be bold it could offer subsidies to encourage trade union membership through tax relief. But go one step further.
Hunt has twice sabotaged this strategy with successive cuts to national insurance
The government’s agenda on extremism is a cynical game for securing political advantage
There is no place in policing for bigots, predators and abusers
“We have been looted of our treasure, and the crooks didn’t even have the decency to take their rubbish with them.”
The evidence of past policy failures is all around us. Since 2010, the real economy has grown by around 1.2% a year and is set to have the weakest growth amongst G7 countries.