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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (4 days ago)

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Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (4 days ago)

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The Unionists are on to a winner – why not put it to the test?

Ed Jacobs
6 March, 2012

It is time to put to the test the positive, progressive alternative to Alex Salmond’s independence bandwagon Scotland so desperately needs, writes Ed Jacobs.

All the signs are there for another credit crunch

Ann Pettifor
6 March, 2012

the threads of forbearance and liquidity holding up the balance sheets of the private banking system are growing perilously thin, writes Ann Pettifor.

As opposition grows and grows, Lansley and Cameron carry on regardless

Jos Bell
5 March, 2012

Jos Bell reports on the latest parliamentary developments on the health and social care bill, as the battle to save the NHS goes on.

What will happen to Rangers?

Stephen Henderson
5 March, 2012

Stephen Henderson looks at where next for Glasgow Rangers FC.

Time for Ken Clarke to deliver peers the evidence on the real cost of legal aid cuts

5 March, 2012

On the legal aid cuts and LASPO bill, the real problem Ken Clarke has is his story savings figures simply do not stack up and peers from all sides know it.

New OECD data shows how far Britain lags behind in women’s boardroom representation

Shamik Das
5 March, 2012

New data from the OECD reveals just how far the UK lags behind other leading nations when it comes to equal gender representation in the boardroom.

Boris’s 9-point plan is a bridge to nowhere

5 March, 2012

Andrew Dismore, Labour’s GLA candidate for Camden and Barnet, takes apart London Mayor Boris Johnson’s 9-point “Plan for London”.

A history lesson for Cardinal Keith O’Brien

James Hallwood
5 March, 2012

Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s provocative anti-gay marriage language incites the intolerant and at times violent minority to fight equality, writes James Hallwood.

Lessons from North Korea: There is a safer way to engage Iran

Kate Hudson
5 March, 2012

CND’s Kate Hudson assesses the lessons we can learn from North Korea engagement with the West after the accession of Kim Jong-un.

Britain 2012: Some families have only £2 per person per day for food

5 March, 2012

The fact that some families have £2 per person per day for food is a stark reality for many – but this hardship is lost on the government, report Family Action.

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