Left Foot Forward
Women’s History Month Profiles: Mary Wollstonecraft
Wollstonecraft's writing seriously shows that the personal is political, for she took the fact her family viewed her education as less important than her brother’s and made it her political raison d’être.
Look Left – Winning here?! Lib Dems humiliated in Barnsley
Nick Clegg was humiliated by the good people of Barnsley today, pushed down into sixth place in the by-election, the Lib Dem candidate losing his deposit - and all just 15 miles from Sheffield.
Referendum: Wales votes Yes, but now it’s time to deliver
The people have spoken, the votes have been counted and now its official: the people of Wales have voted yes; the Welsh have given birth to the UK’s newest, real legislator, able to make laws without the need to get permission from Westminster, reports Ed Jacobs.
Barnsley by-election: Humiliation for Clegg, embarrassment for Cameron
Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats were routed in the Barnsley Central by-election last night, beaten into sixth place by Labour, the Tories, UKIP, an independent and the BNP - just 15 miles from his Sheffield constituency.
Is the London-centric media blogosphere stifling opportunity?
There is a fundamental problem at the heart of politics: inequality of opportunity, writes Sam Bacon, regions officer for the Young Fabians.
Shahbaz Bhatti assassination: Who will stand up to the extremists now?
There was widespread condemnation today of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Pakistan Minister for Minorities, gunned down in broad daylight in the capital Islamabad.