Nomination for most influential left-wing thinker 2011/12: Colin Crouch
Neal Lawson, chair of Compass, nominates Colin Crouch as the most influential left-winger thinker 2011/12.
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Respect MP George Galloway sides with Assange supporters
MP for Bradford West, George Galloway, has caused outrage online after relentlessly trying to discredit the women who have accused Julian Assange of sex crimes against them.
How can we get more young people to be more politically active?
If this problem is not solved, we face the danger of loosing an entire generation of voters.
Gove and the DfE are playing loose with our playing fields
If the DfE can be so wrong about the correct figure on school playing fields, what else are they (by cock-up or conspiracy) misleading the public about?
Between apathy and hope – your chance to give yourself something to vote for!
More than 60% of 18-24 year olds do not vote and the number of young people voting has not reached the threshold of 50% for the past 25 years.
Comment: Lords reform reveals sub-prime minister Cameron’s weakness
The Lords reform/boundary change debacle shows, after just two years in (shared) power, David Cameron is on the ropes when it comes to his own party.
Surprised at Boris’s Olympic invite to Murdoch? Don’t be – he’s his biggest fan
Boris Johnson, drunk on the power of being London Mayor at the time of our Games, has invited Rupert Murdoch to the Olympic swimming this Friday.
Poll shows overwhelming support for Olympic ceremony – as reports claim Gove “objected”
A poll of public reaction to the Olympics opening ceremony reveals big support for Friday’s spectacular, further highlighting just how out of touch the haters are.
Double blow for Osborne: 52% want him sacked, and just 2% of Tories want him as leader
More than half the public want George Osborne removed as chancellor, a poll yesterday revealed, while just 2% of Tories want him as their next leader.
“Some Americans just shouldn’t leave the country” – Lewis turns the screw on Romney
Olympic legend Carl Lewis expressed the embarrassment and exasperation of his nation with a stinging slapdown of Mitt Romney for his anti-Games comments today.