Guy Aitchison

Guy Aitchison is a Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at Loughborough University. He is a political theorist with interests in human rights, political resistance and migration. You can follow him @GuyAitchison.

Vodafone shut-down and the growing anti-cuts movement

Vodafone's "flagship" store in Oxford Street was shut down on Wednesday by a group of activists protesting the £6 billion in taxes the company has dodged with the approval of HM Treasury.

By Guy Aitchison

/ 28 Oct 2010

Home Office snooping plans revived

Important news on the civil liberties front. It turns out that when the government promised they'd "end the storage of internet and email records without good reason&

By Guy Aitchison

/ 21 Oct 2010

Orwell Court

H/t Henry Porter.

By Guy Aitchison

/ 9 Oct 2010

The new Labour shadow cabinet

The new shadow cabinet was announced by Ed Miliband this morning following some pretty swift decision-making. It's listed here in full. My first reaction is that New Labour

By Guy Aitchison

/ 8 Oct 2010

OK author Clare Sambrook short-listed for Bevins Prize

Many congratulations to OurKingdom author Clare Sambrook who has been shortlisted for the prestigious Bevins Prize, established to recognize outstanding achievement in investigative journalism.

By Guy Aitchison

/ 1 Oct 2010

Purple rally for fairer votes in Manchester

There will be a purple rally on Tuesday evening calling on Ed Miliband to back the campaign for fairer votes.

By Guy Aitchison

/ 27 Sep 2010

And the new Labour leader says...

What the new leader of the official opposition could say if....

By Guy Aitchison

/ 24 Sep 2010

Contest hots up as final stretch of voting begins

Can the underdog snatch the crown with a last minute surge? Will the second preferences swing it? With only a few days left of voting the country awaits with baited breath the outcome of....

By Guy Aitchison

/ 21 Sep 2010

The Cuts Won't Work

I've just got back from a superlative evening of entertainment and political discussion at the Cut's Won't Work benefit gig at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club.

By Guy Aitchison

/ 21 Sep 2010

MPs and the Big Society

Whatever your views on the Conservatives' Big Society idea for the UK, it seems reasonable to ask what our political leaders are doing to help realise an idea they are so keen to promote. That is what a recent survey of MPs aims to do – but the approach isn’t free from controversy

By Anthony Barnett and Guy Aitchison

/ 20 Sep 2010

Spiked in the 18th century

There's a particularly witty hashtag doing the rounds on Twitter at the moment which I couldn't resist sharing. The spikedinthe18thcentury tweets involve mock-headlines that can be enjoyed by anyone with a passing knowledge of the 18th century and Spiked's bizarre brand of posturing contrarianism.

By Guy Aitchison

/ 16 Sep 2010

Should we be worried about Blair's free speech?

The cancellation by Tony Blair of several events on his book tour this week due to fears of disruption by anti-war protesters has led to a misplaced concern in some quarters over the former Prime Minister’s “free speech”.

By Guy Aitchison

/ 10 Sep 2010