Left Foot Forward
Pre-entry English tests are unfair, impractical and potentially discriminatory
A pre-entry test of people’s English language abilities is unfair, impractical, and potentially discriminatory, Ruth Grove-White of the Migrants’ Rights Network.
What do we know about Anders Behring Breivik? Very little
Anders Behring Breivik, the Norway terror attacker, may just have been a lone extremist; we should stop speculating, says Dr Robert Ford of Manchester University.
Public more concerned than not about cuts, jobs and prices
With this morning's growth figures undewhelming at best, the latest Populus poll on public concerns makes for more grim reading for the chancellor.
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.
Growth in 2011 set to be less than half OBR’s original prediction
This morning's growth figures show that the economy grew by just 0.2% in the Q2. Given that the economy flat-lined since September, it means growth has been anaemic for the last nine months.
Norway tragedy: The hard-right haters are still going on about Islam
Right-wing commentators and extremists, who blames Muslims for Friday's terror attacks in Norway, have sought to justify their prejudices - or just blamed them anyway.