
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?
Book review
Charles Glass, Syria: Civil War to Holy War? (O/R Books 2025), 294pp.
29 May 2025
Syria: Civil War to Holy War? – book review
News
National Ceasefire Now march, London 13th January 2024 / Photo: Steve Eason
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The 600th Day of Genocide is No Time for Words!
Analysis
National Memorial Day Observance in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia on May 26, 2025 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0
29 May 2025
G7 confounded by Trump’s ‘America First’ moves
Analysis
28 May 2025
The UK media discover Israel is off the leash
Opinion
Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts the Council of Nations and Regions at Lancaster House / Wikimedia Commons / Photo: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
27 May 2025