Britain may squander human rights for the sake of deporting Abu Qatada

Frances Webber 1 May 2013

Cameron threatens to 'temporarily withdraw' from the European Convention on Human Rights in order to expedite a radical cleric's deportation. The worst kind of populist politics drives Britain towards international outlawry.

On its own terms: political sentiment in Scottish writing

Stewart Sanderson 1 May 2013

The controversy over Alasdair Gray’s contribution to a recent collection of essays on Scottish independence points to the often fraught and false relationship between the arts and politics. This is the fourth piece in the ‘Restating Scotland’ debate series.

The crisis of European centre-left parties: on Novara Radio

Aaron Peters and James Butler 1 May 2013

The Novara radio show discusses the crisis of nominally left social democratic parties in Europe since 2008. For more Novara radio episodes, go to the Novara Media website.

The only socialism we will ever know?

Dan Hancox 1 May 2013

Looking for signs of life and the difference that was made, surely that dreary grey oblong could not have been the spiritual home of the 99%? But it was and it did.

A new dawn for the Unions? Frances O’Grady and economic democracy

Niki Seth-Smith 30 April 2013

The TUC’s new General Secretary seems to represent real change in the 'pale, male, stale' world of British unions. But can she shake them up in policy terms, and draw in the energy of a disparate anti-austerity movement?

UK surveillance law: a warning, and a call for a different future

Open Rights Group 30 April 2013

The British are being tracked, more than we have ever been. A new report sets out what this means for the everyday citizen, and calls for more targeted, more accountable surveillance laws. 

Is there any austerity in the UK?

Nick Pearce 30 April 2013

The Coalition is not cutting the deficit, while many on the right argue that spending is rising. So what's the real picture? The director of centre-left think tank IPPR gives his analysis on whether there is really austerity in Britain.

The link between immigration policy, labour markets and exploitation in the UK

Caroline Robinson and Claire Falconer 30 April 2013

The UK government’s commitment to tackling trafficking for labour exploitation is being undermined by its immigration and labour market policies.

Did Earl Howe get any part of procurement law right?

David Lock 29 April 2013

Speaking to the Lords in the final debate on the Coalition's NHS privatisation regulations, Earl Howe made a number of claims about the legislation which has been challenged by campaigners, lawyers, charities and even the Lords' own scrutiny committee. David Lock QC lists ten errors.

Risk and revelations: on leaving OurKingdom

Niki Seth-Smith 29 April 2013

After two and a half years as Co-Editor of openDemocracy's British section, Niki Seth-Smith is leaving OurKingdom. Through intimate reflections, she gives an insight into the project, Britain's landscape of power, and the struggle against neoliberalism to come.

Job vacancy - OurKingdom, Deputy Editor

OurKingdom 29 April 2013

OurKingdom is looking for a new Deputy Editor, with a view to becoming a full Co-Editor. Details and how to apply below.

Security industry provides medics for UK deportation flights

Phil Miller 29 April 2013

The UK government entrusts security company rooted in the military with medical care of detainees on deportation flights.

Hope of a migrant

Marissa Begonia 29 April 2013

'Domestic work is the beginning of all labour; it is central to our lives and is at the heart of our economy and society.' Three years on from her award-winning article 'Cry of a migrant', Marissa Begonia reflects on the ongoing fight for the rights of migrant domestic workers in Britain. 

The terror watchdog that failed to bark - Britain's secret justice legislation

Jo Shaw 29 April 2013

Why did the terror watchdog with 'unrestricted access' appear to have only limited access to the security files on the government's secret justice bill, now shamefully going through parliament?

Britain's 'tough choices': a call for a new approach to welfare

Deborah Padfield 26 April 2013

At the Citizens Advice Bureau the real Thatcher legacy can be seen every day: social disengagement, indifference and injustice. It is Thatcherism that needs burying.

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