Left Foot Forward
Salmond goes to London as the IFS goes to Scotland
Alex Salmond last night delivered a speech in London in which he declared that an independent Scotland would be good for the economy of the remainder of the UK.
The government is backing coal and downgrading the climate
The government say they are committed to decarbonisation and that they want to move away from coal. But in reality their policies are improving the economics of coal and undermining the transition to a low-carbon system.
Sorry Boris, but taking children away from their parents won’t stop radicalisation
There is very little academic evidence to suggest that parents play a key role in radicalisation.
This week’s most read: the SNP and the Kremlin, Venezuela and Lee Rigby
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Northern Ireland needs to deal with its past
MLAs will meet at Stormont today to consider the previous UK government’s agreement to write to 187 members of the IRA on the run offering them effective immunity from prosecution.
No, Moazzam Begg is not David Miranda
The outrage at the arrest of Moazzam Begg is misplaced.