Police have had their power to stop and search people without reasonable suspicion suspended. Section 44 of the Terrorism Act gave police the power to search people without an expressed suspicion.
The cases of the protesters arrested on the demonstration against George Bush’s visit to London in June last year are slowly moving through the courts.
The police are continuing to hound people involved in the demonstrations against Israel’s murderous war on Gaza in January this year.
The family of Ian Tomlinson, who died during the G20 protests after being pushed to the ground by riot police, is seeking more answers about his death.
More than 1,000 Tamil protesters occupied the streets outside parliament in central London last Monday.
Millions of workers feel fear and anger as bosses use the recession to slash jobs. This will drive thousands of people to join the Unite union’s national demonstration for jobs in Birmingham this Saturday.
Workers at the Prisme packaging company in Dundee occupied against the planned closure of the firm. After more than seven weeks in the building, they saved their company.
"I want to apologise on behalf of politicians of all parties for what has happened in the events of the past few days," Gordon Brown said this week. "We must show that we have the highest standards for our profession."
Many Labour ministers are using the second home expenses scam.
MPs have been lavishing millions of pounds of our money on everything from chandeliers to cat food.
In the past aristocrats used to have serfs to clean their moats. For at least one Tory, it seems that nothing has changed.
