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- My name is cleared at last' - film shows police brutality at Genoa G8 summit
Roy Greenslade (Today) - In January 2005, I met a clearly distressed young British journalist who told me of being beaten up by the Italian police during the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001.Four years on, Mark Covell was... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Another blow in the bank bonus debate - but there's something far more fundamental at work here
Open Europe (Today) - Yesterday saw the opening salvo of what is sure to become a heated debate over the new ‘technical standards’ for the EU’s banker bonus rules. Why is this so important? Well, these rules will essentially... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Opinion: Could there be a “Tory SDP?”
Liberal Democrat Voice (Today) - The right of the Conservative party, who have protested so destructively over gay marriage, might do well to remind themselves that their party itself is a marriage and marriages sometimes split up. The damage that... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- James Elliott: Cameron's Mask of Anarchy Is Slipping, But Can the Men and Women of England Reclaim Their Lost Liberty?
Huffington Post UK Politics Blog (Today) - To defeat the coalition of privilege and achieve real liberty, including freedom from poverty and want, we must commit to challenging the wealth of the few at the top who exploit the many below.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Sinn Féin calls for John Downey release
Sinn Fein (Today) - Commenting on the arrest and decision to charge Donegal Republican John Downey in connection with an IRA bomb in London in 1982, Sinn Féin Assembly member Gerry Kelly said;... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Time for Plan B? Strong recovery still is a long way off, IMF tells George Osborne
Independent Newspaper - Politics (Today) - The International Monetary Fund has warned Chancellor George Osborne that the UK is “still a long way from a strong and sustainable recovery”, sending the pound tumbling against the dollar. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Apply for £6m WWI funding, Jo urges
Jo Swinson MP (Today) - Local MP Jo Swinson is urging communities in East Dunbartonshire to apply for the new £6m First World War: then and now fund, which the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has launched. HLF is making at... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Healing Economy Meets IMF Reality
Zelo Street (Today) - Much copy has been generated in the past month from the assertion by the Rt Hon Gideon George Oliver Osborne, heir to the seventeenth Baronet, that the avoidance by the UK of a “triple dip”... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Commons Votes to Pass Gay Marriage
Descrier - Politics (Today) - The House of Commons has voted to allow gay marriage in England and Wales, with 366 votes in favour and 161 in opposition. The proposals caused a rift within the Tory party, but were supported... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Ed Balls: Osborne Should Listen to the IMF’s Advice and Take Action
- Superstars' baleful effects
Stumbling & Mumbling (Today) - Do we over-rate the importance of individual talents to organizational performance? I ask because of this finding by Sander Hoogendoorn: Team performance exhibits an inverse u-shaped relationship with ability dispersion. This comes from a study... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Lunn says electricity price rise shows why we must examine renewable energy
Alliance Party (Today) - Alliance Enterprise spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has said the 18% price rise by Power NI has shown why we must continue to examine possible renewable energy sources. The rise will come into effect from July.Trevor... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Ed Miliband criticises Google over tax avoidance – video
The Guardian - Politics (Today) - Labour's leader, Ed Miliband, says Google's Eric Schmidt was wrong to argue that the company's controversial tax system was 'just capitalism' ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- IMF calls for new growth measures to help UK economy and ease austerity - live
- Nick Clegg criticises Westminster school's internships auction
- "1) When asked if they want a referendum on any particular issue, British people will tend to respond..."
Aremay (Today) - “1) When asked if they want a referendum on any particular issue, British people will tend to respond in the positive.2) When voting in that referendum, British people will tend to vote to uphold the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News› - New In Last Half Hour
- When culture is treated as commodity, no wonder its temples are sold off | Owen Hatherley
Politics + Comment (Today) - From Baltic to the Lowry, grand building projects invigorated provincial life, but the attitude is: if it doesn't pay, why bother?Maria Miller used her first public speech as culture secretary last month to insist that... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Greediest of Them All?
Guido Fawkes (Today) - Labour haven’t yet been stupid enough to select expenses piggy Joan Ryan as their candidate in Enfield North, but the same can’t be said for the LibDems. They have reselected shamed trougher Richard Younger-Ross, who... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Gambling on high streets in Britain: the government should take action to protect customers from what may be the predatory targeting of the disenfranchised
LSE UK Politics & Policy (Today) - Barry Sheerman MP examines the proliferation of betting machines in the UK and the social consequences of this. Compounding this, it seems that the industry is targeting the most vulnerable, with betting shops disproportionately present... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Poor people in rich countries - a new approach to measurement and policy
Institute of Economic Affairs (Today) - Relative poverty measures are deeply flawed, but that does make absolute measures any better. Poverty is not absolute. Perceptions of what is a ‘necessity’ and what is merely a convenience change over time. Our great-grandparents... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Today’s Link-Love: May 22, 2013
The Collected Stephen Tall (Today) - Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest… Nick Clegg the only leader to engage with the public | Nick Ferrari | Columnists | Comment | Daily Express “Nick Clegg the only leader to engage... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Botswana: Biodiversity and dragons come together
International Institute for Environment and Development (Today) - With International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May, a new biodiversity project highlights the importance of diversity and draws out tensions that arise when trying to put biodiversity at the centre of development policies.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Stop and search: the human face
Institute of Race Relations (Today) - A public meeting on the impact of police stop and search methods. Wednesday 29 May 2013, 6.30pm PCS (Room 4.4), 160 Falcon Road, London SW11 2LN Related links StopWatch To download the latest StopWatch report,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The North needs more private sector jobs, not less in the public sector - Article
Institute for Public Policy Research (Today) - In 2010 there was one public sector job in the North West for every 10 people there, the exact same ratio as in London. But last week Nick Clegg reported his delight that “we are... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›