The UK-wide strikes over pension reform failed to release the energy many hoped for on the left. Coupled by the Labour leader's condemnation of 30 June, it is easy to be pessimistic. Yet the way to beat the Coalition is through a strategic optimism that is prepared to think big and look beyond Wes
Britain's top crime-solving body is soon to close. The state-owned Forensic Science Service is being sold off by the Coalition as part of its privatisation programme, despite warnings that the sale could compromise justice being done in Britain
A Conservative MP urges her fellow parliamentarians not to resist reform to the upper House for fear that it will diminish the powers of the Commons, but to see it as a step towards strengthening Parliament as a whole and wresting power from the Executive
A transcript of a Sky News debate on Blue Labour, an idea gaining traction as a guide to rejuvenating the Labour party. The founder and two members of the shadow cabinet debate the relationship of Blue Labour to immigration, racism and the right-wing
The nature of capitalism over the last three decades has led to the present crisis in the West. A counter-movement is developing across the world, but it is yet to find a name and develop a coherent alternative, a third contribution to openDemocracy's debate
An eighteen-year-old trafficked girl Y, subjected to years of exploitation and abuse, broke her silence today in an interview with Dan Foster, at the Children’s Legal Centre
When a Nato spokesperson is lecturing at one of the top British universities, it's clear that the autonomy of higher education is under threat
A new report, "Leafleting: A Liberty Lost?", finds that councils are cracking down on leafleting by local groups such as arts organisations and the WI - yet are increasing spending on their own council leaflets
