The Labour Party doesn't know what to do or say about immigration. Last week's conference was a case in point, as two leading thinkers offered radical proposals for tightening immigration that even they admitted are unworkable.
'David' suffered child abuse, and developed a disorder that led him to kill a man who for him symbolised his abusers. He was labelled DSPD and must prove he is a 'reduced risk' before his release. But how can he, when DSPD is not a medical diagnosis, but a political construct?
Much has been written about the Cameron visit to Moscow and why it apparently failed to do much to improve the chill in relations between Russia and Britain. We are very different, but that does not mean there is no way forward. Some kind of relationship can be developed, but the rules of the game
England is about to have its land-use planning system overhauled ... if the platoons of Tories against the proposals do not force another climb-down. But the current land-use planning system does have very serious flaws. Their solution, however, can only come through a thorough democratisation of
Social segregation. Corporate secrecy. Poor teaching and inflated grades. Free schools are intended by the government to "improve education for children in their community" - but many teachers have serious doubts.
Half of the women incarcerated in England and Wales have children. We know the devastating effect on kids with mothers in prison - so what can be done about it?
The right in Britain increasingly dominates the discourse on all major political issues. Is the answer for the left to move to the centre? Or can it pull the centre towards itself?
Hundreds of academics have signed a new paper arguing against the UK government's higher education reforms. Universities are not about private benefit alone, the paper argues - democratic public values should be at their heart.
Is there any reason to set top tax rates at anything but the rate which maximises government revenues? And what is that rate? Jeremy Fox has argued that the 50p rate does not constrain growth. Michael Bullen returned with the argument that 50p is too high for public revenue maximisation. Jeremy Fo
