I am at the Gleneagles hotel, where the G8 leaders are meeting. On the bus here from Edinburgh, we heard rumours of explosions in central London. The news services are
The contrast couldn't be greater. After scenes of jubilation yesterday at the success of our Olympic bid, come scenes of destruction.
openDemocracy is flying at half-mast today.
The rotor blades on Tony Blair's helicopter are turning as the British prime minister prepares to leave the G8 summit to return to London. Shortly after noon, Blair
When at 12.49 BST the IOC President Jacques Rogge made the anouncement:
"And the host for the 2012 Olympics is...LONDON!"
Trafalgar Square went mental.
People screamed,
The BBC this morning reports that the police have cancelled a planned march to Gleneagles due to start in Auchterarder at 1pm today "amid fears for public safety"
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement has liberal groups in a tizzy about her Bush-appointed replacement. O’Connor, described as a “moderate conservative," provided an
At 5.30am this morning me and other members of the 'Students for a Free Tibet' group headed into the centre of Edinburgh in the wet weather to
In a Gerrard-esque U-turn, police in Scotland have reversed their earlier decision to cancel the anti-G8 rally at Gleneagles today. The march was scheduled to start at
Its amazing how quickly the US and Israel have begun their smear campaign in order to pressure Iran more. While I don't disagree completely with their objectives, I
Saturday 2nd July
It was 4 in the morning. We were lost and my shoes were leaking. York University’s intrepid mission to bring democracy to Gleneagles was not looking
Cloistered over a pint of Caledonian in an Edinburgh boozer late last night with the leading lights of the most clued-up resistance movement here, I watched them wince at
The death of Gaylord Nelson on Sunday seems soberingly symbolic for the future of environmentalism.
The former Democratic senator from Wisconsin was an avid campaigner for environmentalist causes and propelled
