Month: April 2016

There are some times when Labour and the Tories divide on party lines, not because merely they are whipped differently – or that they have dark and evil hearts, see Uncuts passim – but simply because they have fundamentally different ways of looking at the world. What might seem a no-brainer to ordinary folk –… Continue reading Of course we need to support those 3,000 Syrian children looking for a home. We helped put them there

Let us ask ourselves a simple question. When is the last time a major political party was seriously accused of endemic racism? That is, racism with a link to a segment of the party’s politics; not of a couple of isolated individuals, but of a group of activists in the rank and file, including numerous… Continue reading This kind of racism has not happened in any major party since the 1980s. Discuss.

Last week Operation Midland, a two-year investigation into an alleged homicide thirty years ago, concluded with no charges made. It was the latest of several inquiries into child abuse, some of which are still ongoing. Back in 2012, the Metropolitan Police began Operation Yewtree, culminating in the arrests and convictions of a number of people,… Continue reading Operation Midland: time to examine our prejudices