As Times launches Save our Cyclists campaign, perhaps now TfL will listen
George Readings reports on the launch of the Times’s campaign to make life easier for cyclists in London and all around the country.
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Maryland madness: 14-year-old girl’s birthday wish? “Ban gay marriage”
A 14-year-old girl from Maryland has told the state Senate it would be “the best birthday present ever” if legislators were to vote to outlaw gay marriage.
New European Industrial Workers Federation looms
Tony Burke reports on the creation of a new pan-European superunion.
How to make 2012 a real year of jubilee
Tola Ositelu argues that the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee should hearken back to the original Jubilees of biblical days.
Elected Mayors: Let the referendum campaigns begin
The government announced yesterday that residents from Bristol to Newcastle, along with nine other English cities, will go to the polls on May 3rd.
Coalition should heed Obama’s advice on higher education – not slash teaching grants
In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama made a strong defence of the importance of higher education, writes Sally Hunt.
Women, politics and the crisis: We cannot ignore gender in politics
Vera Baird QC presents the state of politics for women today.
Boris’s retreat from accountability over the Met should worry us all
Boris Johnson’s retreat from accountability is something we should all be worried about, writes Labour London Assembly Memeber Joanne McCartney.
The principles of British fairness, the rule of law and Magna Carta are at stake
Jonny Mulligan runs through the reasons to not trust the government about LASPO, the bill which harms British justice more than anything in the last 800 years.
Labour’s failings on disability – and the way forward
Ben Baumberg writes about where Labour can move on from the ‘benefit scrounger’ argument.