Five more things the government should do for LGBT rights in the UK
Marriage equality doesn’t mean that the battle for LGBT rights in the UK is over.
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Somali pirates need jobs or jail, not ransom or death
IPPR’s Richard Darlington argues that simply using the stick to deal with Somali piracy will be ineffective – a carrot must be offered as well.
Who killed Linda Norgrove?
We may never know who killed Linda Norgrove, but blame must surely lie squarely with the kidnappers rather than those who risked their lives to save her.
Did McChrystal want to go?
Despite all the hyperbole of generals overstepping their constitutional role, no one has asked how such a blatant mistake by one of the U.S’s top generals, Stanley McChrystal, came to pass.
Would proportional representation in the UK benefit the far right?
Proportional is clearly more democratic than first-past-the-post. But European far-right shifts and the growth of Reform UK are not good optics.
How the Right-Wing Media’s ‘Conveyor Belt’ Propaganda Machine Works
Providing little in context or critical analysis, the right-wing monopoly of our print media poses real problems for democracy, as news with a reactionary and conservative political bias dominates the popular discourse.
Charities blast Rishi Sunak’s ‘dangerous’ and heartless clamp down on disability welfare
‘Today’s news feels like an assault on disabled people’
Politicians must stop making overseas social workers ‘scapegoats for government failings’, blast unions
Unions have hit back at Tory MPs for creating an ‘unwelcome’ environment for overseas workers in the UK
The Opposition to Sadiq Khan: Right-Wing Protest Hypocrisy
Unlike the moral outrage over the largely peaceful and legal action of Just Stop Oil, pro-Palestine rallies, and other causes they disagree with, Conservative voices are largely silent when it comes to the increasingly aggressive opposition being thrown at the creation of the largest clean air zone in the Western world.
How the Right sabotaged ‘responsible capitalism’
The sabotaging of ‘responsible capitalism’ takes us to America, where, as culture wars rage, businesses seen as socially and environmentally progressive are under attack.