Poverty pay has put some public sector workers who provide essential services to millions of people on the minimum wage.
Ukip was set to win its first MP on Thursday of this week, when a by-election will take place in Clacton, Essex.
Austerity is now permanent, according to the Tories at their annual conference. Chancellor George Osborne rallied the faithful around a new and vicious assault on welfare benefits.
The Tories used their conference this week to propose more nasty attacks on poor people.
Western politicians are beating the drums of war. The US began bombing Syria on Tuesday. It is already bombing Iraq—and Britain could soon join the attacks.
The mass movement that emerged around the fight for Scottish independence was driven by working class anger. This rage is not unique to Scotland.
Nick Robinson, the BBC’s political editor, is upset. He doesn’t like the fact that people have rightly picked him up for being biased against the Scottish Yes campaign.
David Cameron has said that a Yes vote in Scotland’s referendum would break his heart. That would seem reason enough to campaign for a Yes vote.
It wasn’t supposed to be like this for Britain's political elite. Less than year ago the unionist Better Together campaign in Scotland felt assured of victory. Now it is hanging by a thread
Pride, a new film about Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, is on general release from this week.
The child abuse in Rotherham needs to be addressed properly, not through witch hunts and racist campaigns.
Any decent person will hope for the best for five year old cancer patient Ashya King and feel sympathy for the torment of his family.
