
OK. It’s only February and so far this year…
Tesco have backed down and agreed to pay the people referred to them. Many other employers have pulled out of the workfare scheme.
The government’s Higher Education White Paper has been shelved.
Fred Goodwin has been stripped of his knighthood, and Stephen Hester was forced to turn down a £1 million bonus.
The electricians won their campaign to stop Balfour Beatty forcing them onto rotten contracts. They’re now campaigning to get other firms to do the same.
Edd Bauer – a student activist persecuted for unfurling a banner on a road near Lib Dem conference – had his charges dropped.
The government is in disarray over the NHS bill.
Who were the people saying protest doesn’t work?
Opinion
Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Canada's Mark Carney in March 2025. Source: Lauren Hurley - No 10 Downing Street - Flickr / cropped from original / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
02 May 2025
Canada’s trade-war election
News
Photo: Freedom Flotilla Coalition
02 May 2025
Attack on Freedom Flotilla: international outrage must follow
Book review
John Pring, The Department: How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence (Pluto 2024), 312pp.
01 May 2025
The Department: How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence – book review
Opinion
A still from their video 'Sick in the head'. Source: Kneecap - Youtube / cropped from a video freeze / under fair use.
01 May 2025
Kneecap: pilloried for supporting Palestinians
Opinion
Birmingham refuse workers picket line / Credit: @unitewestmids / X
30 Apr 2025