By PRSD, on Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
Apparently there have been warning signs about the rise of UKIP for a while, but can the main parties do enough to win the skeptics back?
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By PRSD, on Monday, March 25, 2013 | Stanley Johnson criticises Eddie Mair over bruising encounter – but London mayor concedes presenter did a ‘splendid job’
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By PRSD, on Monday, February 25, 2013 |
Family members are likely to be primary carers, with support from local authorities, central government, the NHS and charities
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By PRSD, on Monday, February 25, 2013 |
Committee to report startling findings of wide-ranging investigation into over-65s and implications for British society
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By PRSD, on Monday, September 17, 2012 |
Economic crisis and political complacency create a hothouse for racism, Daniel Trilling warns in a new book. Here he lists 10 dangerous misconceptions about the far right
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By PRSD, on Friday, April 13, 2012 |
Christian Action Research and Education has supplied staff to Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats
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The homophobic advert that has been banned from London buses has reminded us of the Devon MP who has links to a ‘gay cure’ organisation
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By PRSD, on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 |
The campaign for elected mayors is beating its drum for local democracy throughout the UK, but the Torbay experience is less clear cut, and according to Michael Meadowcroft ‘elected mayors are a sleight of hand designed to hide the steady erosion of local government powers’
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By PRSD, on Monday, March 19, 2012 |
The swash-buckling for health contracts begins as deeper privatisation of the NHS kicks in. Here are just a few reasons why its wrong
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By PRSD, on Monday, February 27, 2012 |
Wind power and turbines have had a turbulent history, and now it looks like the government is taking flight
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By PRSD, on Thursday, February 9, 2012 |
Politicians don’t seem able – or want – to save the NHS from privatisation
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By PRSD, on Monday, February 6, 2012 |
Rising public resentment blamed on government focus on alleged ‘scrounger’ fraud and inflammatory media coverage… but at least the benefit cuts will pay for the weekly bin collection…
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By Stuart Bonar, on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 |
There needs to be more of a connection between politicians and the people they represent, and not just when elections come around, says Stuart Bonar
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By PRSD, on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 |
With his autumn statement, the chancellor has declared class war: a Tory assault on the public sector and the poor
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10 myths of the UK's far right
Economic crisis and political complacency create a hothouse for racism, Daniel Trilling warns in a new book. Here he lists 10 dangerous misconceptions about the far right
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