National Insurance is regressive. Hypothecating taxes tends to encourage ideas of opt outs & top ups. So why is Liz Kendall promoting these as the 'new consensus' for NHS funding?
The case for a full coroner’s inquest to find out the truth regarding the tragic death of a government scientist in the wake of the Iraq war has been trashed for no good reason. Why?
And whoever controls the production of energy, controls the orientation of the economy.
When the homes of 36,000 people are demolished to expand Tanzania’s Dar Es Salaam port, the community swing into action together to build new homes.
“We never imagined building this waste water treatment plant would have such a social impact”
We are witnessing the alleged return of citizens to the center of power - or, to say the least, to the center of the narrative. Español, Português
The absence of strong political adversaries means electoral non-competitiveness - a perfect setting for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and hopeless for any opposition chance. Español
Ormukov's attempt to draw attention to paid protests by government-linked figures has landed him in detention. RU
Many epithets have been used to run down the Commonwealth. The London summit may even be called the Commonwealth Games II…
Three elements seem to have played a decisive role in this: voluntary servitude, the Polish brand of inferiority complex, and a deep-seated Polish anti-Semitism and more general exclusivism.
In Italy, discourses around labour subcontracting in the agricultural sector serve an important purpose: obscuring the root causes of labour exploitation.
