Dawkins’s divine intervention challenges faith in his atheist integrity
Dan Smith looks at whether Richard Dawkins’s involvement in the New College of the Humanities private university is consistent with his atheist ideology.
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Look Left – Johnson and Coulson quit as everyone forgets about Blair
Two resignations in the past two days rocked Westminster – with Labour and the Tories losing a key man – while Tony Blair reappeared before the Iraq Inquiry.
Questions for the government over special needs funding
Laurence Turner asks questions over the future of Special Educational Needs provision, and the government’s ability to offer a ‘full and equal share’ to all.
Pickles’s meddle and populism bill
Jessica Studdert, political adviser to the Labour group at the Local Govt Assoc, examines Eric Pickles’s meddling in the very localism he claims to champion.
Standards or structures?
Our guest writer is Kimberley Trewhitt, a Researcher at the Reform think tank The debate has long raged over “standards or structures” and which is the better option to reform the education system. The current Government has plans for both,test
Every Lib Dem MP signed NUS pledge – will they all now cave in to Cameron?
Senior Liberal Democrats are facing significant resistance from their political opponents over the less than graceful U-turn over student tuition fees.
Party democracy alive and kicking at Lib Dem conference
Lib Dem supporters are rallying behind Clegg and his Coalitioneers. The anticipated fallout has yet to surface, and a healthy dose of dissent has risen in its place.
Senior Tory councillor defects to Labour over Gove’s school cuts
The deputy leader of the Conservative group on Sandwell council has defected to Labour in protest at Michael Gove’s slashing of the Building Schools for the Future programme in her borough.
Politics Summary: Friday, July 2nd
Several papers cover the news, broken by Left Foot Forward yesterday afternoon, that there will be a referendum on the Alternative Vote next May. The Guardian reports that the “coalition government is to test its unity” with the move. Theytest
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
A look back at the week’s news, including the outcome of the Saville Inquiry, the £2bn Lib-Con spending cuts and Rupert Murdoch’s move for total control of BSkyB.