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Published in: openDemocracyUKCool it, CleeseAn open letter to John Cleese on London, Brexit and Englishness.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLondon - the most English of cities?London is often seen as separate and aloof from England. But there’s a more complex story about its culture, which...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThink Anew, Act Anew: a Convention on Brexit and a People's VoteAn emergency, public gathering in London will take place this Friday ahead of the big parliamentary debate on the UK...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSave Ridley Road – how the community is fighting back against faceless developersWhilst the media bemoans the ‘death of the high street’, across London, investors are trying to drive out the kind...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK7 ways the ‘Finance Curse’ harms the UK – how can we lift it?The City of London is a huge drag on the UK’s real economy. But we can – and must – lift the 'Finance Curse'.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGeorge Osborne’s Evening Standard under fire (again) over lucrative Uber dealExclusive: Politicians call on UK advertising watchdog to investigate paid-for content dressed up as news at...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOpinion: George Osborne’s real ‘Future London’ is a crass exercise that readers won’t swallowSomeone needs to tell Osborne that Londoners are not mugs. The rebrand of his controversial deal with Uber, Google...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGeorge Osborne’s Evening Standard launches delayed ‘money-can’t-buy’ campaign – with more controversial partnersPrivate healthcare firm and a French conglomerate with a record of lawsuits against media join Uber, Google and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGeorge Osborne’s Evening Standard delays controversial Uber, Google dealIn the wake of ‘cash for column inches’ scandal and calls for Osborne to resign, newspaper denies that £3 million...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOsborne’s Evening Standard ‘cash for column inches’ denials ‘do not stack up’ – says Caroline LucasGreen Party leader calls on London paper to ‘come clean’ about its hidden commercial agendas – citing another...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEveryday Lexiteers - an interview"The European Union is inherently racist, unchanging, technocratic and oppressive. Nothing makes any of those things...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGeorge Osborne’s London Evening Standard sells its editorial independence to Uber, Google and others – for £3 millionExclusive: Newspaper promised six commercial giants “money-can’t-buy” news coverage in a lucrative deal, leaving...
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Published in: oDRThe uncomfortable truth about post-Soviet comfort foodsWhat nourishes us also destroys us: this old saying holds true not only for food, but also politics.
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Published in: 50.50Young, trans Nigerians: ‘people need to see that we exist’It may become harder for church and state to deny that trans Nigerians exist, thanks to activists like Miss saHHara.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK5 ways to solve the housing crisisOur cities need homes - not safety deposit boxes in the sky.
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Published in: TransformationThree more ways to build solidarity across our differencesFor most people divisive rhetoric isn’t new; they’ve been developing ways to counter it for years.
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Published in: HomeHow a GM giant ‘bought control’ of what millions of Londoners readThe Evening Standard’s lucrative deal with Swiss chemical giant Syngenta shows how commercial giants pay for news –...
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Published in: Shine A LightAusterity stories you won’t hear about in today’s BudgetRhea needs a home. She is a full-time single mother of three living in destitution on the brink of homelessness. Yet...
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Published in: Shine A LightHow to start a housing movementRadical groups working on housing, racism, poverty, sex worker and migrant rights are springing up all over London....
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Published in: Shine A LightHousing activists stand up to dodgy landlords and council bulliesThe Grenfell tower fire forced a public debate on housing inequality in London. Tenants have long been at the mercy...
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