Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and critic of the "war on terror", was elected last week as the rector of the University of Dundee.
A huge demonstration filled the streets of central London today, calling for all occupying troops to be withdrawn from Iraq, no replacement of Britain’s nuclear weapons system and no attack on Iran.
"This was our chance to stand up. The union has sold us short." That was the response of one of the 200 British Airways (BA) cabin crew who attended a heated T&G union meeting at Heathrow on Monday.
Lecturers across Britain have received the ballot papers for the UCU general secretary and national executive positions this week. The ballot runs until 7 March, and lecturers need to keep campaigning throughout the election period.
"Gordon is not going to have his leadership ambitions up-ended by a bunch of rabid trade unionists." That is the future prime minister’s message to the unions according to a senior Treasury official.
A former Nazi British National Party (BNP) candidate has admitted possessing explosive chemicals in anticipation of a civil war in Britain, Manchester Crown Court heard this week.
There is hardly an area of Britain that is not suffering the prospect of savage cuts to local health provision. In towns and cities there are protest rallies, marches and campaign meetings to save local hospitals and facilities.
The government is desperate to reassure us that the HN51 bird flu virus outbreak is under control. It also claims that Britain is ready if the virus spreads to humans in this country.
Across England new people are getting involved in building the 24 February demonstration called by Stop the War, CND and the British Muslim Initiative.
