As the archives of the early Thatcher government are released under the UK's 30 year rule, a wave of nostalgia for her is feeding into a right-wing attack on Britain's new coalition. How wrong can you get?
The higher education debate has failed to take account of the conservative perspective. The loud dispute over the reforms and their ability to support universities in their 'proper function' has drowned out the conservative argument that such criteria - of success, power and utility - should not b
As we head into 2011, the Coalition has still not fulfilled their pledge to end child detention. Clare Sambrook outlines the glaring gap between the government's words and deeds regarding a policy proven to cause children serious and lasting physical and mental harm.
The government has announced that its cap on migrant workers coming into Britain from outside the EU cannot be met unless a cap is also placed on flows of international students. This proposed policy risks discriminating against students on grounds of nationality and threatens the cultural richnes
The Coalition's proposed reforms of the legal system threaten to deny justice to the vulnerable. Yet the drastic cuts to legal aid are not being proposed as an austerity measure, but as a means to increase fairness in society.
The danger the student movement in the UK faces is of creating a new tier of leaders who, however well-intentioned, seek to manage the movement and end up sapping it of its power, radicalism and creativity.
It is time not only to defend the UK's Human Rights Act but to counter-attack the falsehoods and distortions of those who misrepresent it. The Labour Party must speak up for the Act which it courageously introduced to enable people to defend their fundamental rights from arbitrary power.
A very brief look back across OK's 2010
The volcanic eruption of student anger and militancy in Britain over the last few months has blown the political space wide open, making a broad-based movement against austerity thinkable. Whether or not it can grow and ultimately succeed will depend on the next steps the movement takes.
The ’12 Cuts of Christmas’, sung by student protesters on the tuition fee demonstration at Parliament Square, summed up this year’s defiantly festive spirit. You can join in the iconoclast carol with the video and lyrics in this post.
