Do union leaders matter?
The problem with Ian King’s argument that we shouldn’t criticise Derek Simpson (Letters, 21 August) is that it assumes our Unite union is a perfect member-run democracy.
Squatters show poverty
The tabloid press launched into a spiteful attack on poor migrant workers in Britain last week. The Daily Express newspaper ran a front page claiming "Britain’s Migrant Squatter Shambles—city under siege by jobless gangs".
Stop housing attacks
Prime minister David Cameron wants to end lifetime tenancies for council and housing association tenants and replace them with fixed term tenancies lasting as little as five years.
History shows Tories are not friends of freedom
It is a sign of just how authoritarian the Labour government was that the Tories can now seem to some to be defenders of freedom.
We’ve got a real answer for Cameron and Clegg
The so-called "Spending Challenge" letter sent to every public sector worker from David Cameron and Nick Clegg is an attempt to get us to point at each other and say who should be sacked.
