Britain’s MPs had the chance to scrap the country’s most barbaric weapons of mass destruction this week. And to their shame most Labour MPs failed to even show their faces.
Many liberals reacted to the demonisation of Muslims following the Paris attacks by rightly pointing out that we are all individuals with different characteristics.
Our rulers are using last week’s Paris shootings to ramp up Islamophobia and racist attacks on migrant workers. This comes against a backdrop of ongoing Islamophobia and racism in Britain. But ordinary people can play a role in challenging their racist lies.
The people who carried out the murders in Paris will have seen themselves as striking a blow against Western imperialism.
For the next four months politicians and the media will seek to persuade us of the gulf between the Tories and Labour on every key issue we face.
Convicted rapist Ched Evans sees himself as a “role model”. He cannot be welcomed back into professional football.
Oil prices have dropped by almost 50 percent this year to $60 a barrel.
The media went into Islamophobic overdrive at news of a gunman holding people hostage in a cafe in Sydney, Australia, this week.
The problem wasn’t carrying out torture. It was that releasing a report into torture might increase the chance of terrorism.
Peers moaned that they couldn’t possibly cope with a cut in the quality of champagne available in the Lords, while millions queue for food banks.
The right wing crowed when Gordon Brown announced his plan to quit parliament. And Labour’s left mourned—not least those trying to “reclaim” it from New Labour.
Tory spin won’t hide the real cost of the Robber Baron's four years of austerity
