This week the 22nd Winter Olympics opened in the Russian city of Sochi, amidst ongoing controversy over the Russian government’s stance on LGBT rights. Last year, Putin’s government introduced a law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’ which has […]
Comment | Last orders for pub industry?
In my home town of Shepherd’s Bush in London, I live just off the Askew Road. 10 years ago, it was a bit shabby. People could have driven through it and not taken a second […]
Comment | Gove the reformer
If we truly believe all students should have the same opportunity to be successful, we should have an education system which reflects that. This week Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, set out his mission: to […]
Comment | The views of Harrington-Smythe III
Our in house misanthropes of opposing political persuasions will be going head to head in bloody political duels. In the first of his columns, Cornelius Harrington-Smythe III offers his views on Ed Miliband. You should’ve […]
Comment | 50p travesty
This week shadow chancellor Ed Balls announced plans that if Labour win the next general election, the 50p tax rate will return. This is a terrible idea that resembles the old days of the ‘loony left’ in the […]
Comment | Sharon will not be 'Rabinised'
Ariel Sharon was born in British Mandate Palestine to immigrant parents, where he was swiftly recruited into an elite unit in the lead-up to the declaration of the State of Israel. He quickly rose through […]
Comment | Inequality reigns supreme
Short of a perfectly timed meteor strike in Davos last week, there was little hope for anything in the way of a real solution to global inequality at the World Economic Forum. Crammed with career […]
Comment | Serve the rich, eat the poor
Faced with the shameful statistics that 13 million people in the UK are currently living below the poverty line and supermarkets waste 15 million tonnes of food each year, surely outrage and immediate action are […]
Comment | No 'benefit' to anyone
You might have noticed that critics and fans have been raving in equal measure about Channel 4’s recent series, Benefits Street. Whether you tuned in to watch or recoiled at the premise of the program, […]
Comment | Supermarkets not a shambles
On being asked to make a direct choice between giving custom to local independent shops or large multinational companies, it seems the natural, moral choice to opt for the former. One can’t imagine the kind […]
Comment | How to stay sane on Twitter
Your eyes widen at the horrors on your screen. You break out into a cold sweat as a mixture of nausea and terror spreads from your gut to your outermost extremities, making you feel more […]
Comment | COP-out for the Warsaw talks
After the revelation that 90 companies have produced 63 per cent of the cumulative global emissions of industrial carbon dioxide and methane between 1751-2010, the role of corporations in the climate change debate was thrown […]