Children's charity Barnardo's has agreed to work with the UK Border Agency in a planned immigration detention centre. While they promise to "speak out" on injustice and abuse, they will have little real power, and are in danger of legitimising the continued detention of children in the UK.
The Labour MP for Nottingham North sets out why he will oppose the West's military action in the vote in the House of Commons.
‘Multiculturalism’ entails society offering a full range of prospects, membership, and respect to all its members – regardless of cultural and religious differences –while also creatively accommodating them in a fashion that is both morally persuasive and practically effective for the majority of
A wandering tourist asking to see a copy of Britain's constitution will get a dusty answer but now Cabinet Ministers have their own guide, which Stuart Weir gives a good fisking
A challenge to the government's plans to commercialise blood donation in the UK
A southern 'bloviator' ventures north of the border but before doing so, thanks to "blithering incompetence" in London misses his plane to Scotland and decides to take it out on that country by complaining that it is not as realistic about its failings as Japan. This does indeed annoy OurKingdom's
The TUC's march through London, in less than a fortnight, is billed as a chance to tell the government to change course. This call is no longer adequate. The Coalition lacks a mandate for its "revolution", and the people must call for another general election.
The left may need to tap into rooted feelings and communal, human traditions but it needs to tread carefully or become an animal itself.
An English country town gets the royal treatment. But does it deserve it?
The controversial 'Prevent' strategy, that aims to stop terrorism before it occurs by working with Muslim communities, is now under review. The government have signaled that 'Prevent' will no longer work with 'non-violent extremists', but who will they place under that category, and how will we kn
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