Good Society
Grayling’s revisionism on Wire comparisons
At a fringe event last night, Chris Grayling sort to clarify his remarks comparing Britain to The Wire. Answering a […]
David Gustave: I’m a child of Thatcher and still scarred
David Gustave, an employee of Kids Company, a south London charity dealing with vulnerable inner-city children, spoke exclusively to Left […]
Housing represents clear ideological divide
Labour’s floor debates have been dominated by discussions on housing, described yesterday by Housing Minister, John Healey as being a […]
Untold story of private contractors and prison
The effects of combat on soldiers are well known, but the post-conflict stress suffered by private military contractors is an untold story.
IDS’ detailed plan at odds with Conservative housing policy
Iain Duncan Smith’s new report may come as a shock to some of his Tory colleagues
UK fulfilling fruits of 1980s deregulation not 1970s “paranoia”
In his article in yesterday's Daily Mail, Francis Wheen claims that our society is the fulfillment of 1970s paranoia. He also has a book out, called "Strange Days Indeed: The Golden Age of Paranoia." But Wheen does our age a disservice in turning his theory of the 1970s into a theory of now.