Nadia Khomami, 25.12.2011

Post-graduate Journalism student at City University

With an increasing number of people calling for change, it is an irrefutable fact that Mr Hunt's support for unpaid internships only diminishes attempts at reducing the disparity between elitism and equality. When will these people be called out for the exploitation they so openly support?

Tom Stevenson, 24.12.2011

Freelance Journalist and Editor

Tyranny, tyranny, tyranny. It seems to echo from every direction like old church bells. Newspapers headline it, broadcasters auto-cue it, and party-goers celebrate the end of it - and they are right to. In his statement on Muammar al-Gaddafi's killing, Barack Obama said "the dark shadow of tyranny has been lifted". Now there's a sound-bite.

Ellen Booth, 30.11.2011

Senior campaigns officer, Brake

Raising the motorway speed limit to 80mph won't help the economy, but it will lead to more violent deaths and life-changing serious injuries, says Ellen Booth, senior campaigns officer at Brake, the road safety charity.

Philip Gomm, 30.11.2011

Head of External Communications at the RAC Foundation

So 80 is soon to be the new 70 – or at least that is what Philip Hammond has in mind. Given that the existing speed limit on motorways was introduced in 1965 a review makes sense. The world moves on and circumstances alter.

Jim Cowan, 01.11.2011

Strategy consultant

The recent furore surrounding the awarding of the Thameslink contract to Siemens ahead of Bombardier and its resultant negative impact on the East Mid...