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Jon-Christopher Bua

Obama v Romney - The Prize

Jon-Christopher Bua | Posted 25 May 2012 | UK Politics

Primaries & Caucuses

Although the Democrats and the Republicans have yet to hold their late summer conventions, the 2012 race for the presidency is clearly in full gear.

We are now coming to the end of a brutalizing Republican Primary-Caucus season - beginning back in the freezing...

Rayhan Haque

Alan Johnson for Mayor in 2016?

Rayhan Haque | Posted 24 May 2012 | UK Politics

Alan Johnson MP has revealed that he is considering a bid for London Mayor in 2016. Here are four reasons why he is Labour's best choice.

1. Stopping a third term for Boris Johnson

Politicos are fascinated by the intriguing power struggles at the top of the Conservative Party between...

Andrew Wasley

Where Does Your Salad Come From?

Andrew Wasley | Posted 24 May 2012 | UK

Exploitation in the food industry is alive and well. That's according to the latest grim report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which studied the experiences of some of the migrant workers (almost invisibly) toiling in our fields, factories and restaurants.

According to the report's authors, who interviewed more than...

Willard Foxton

Is it Time for Britain's Nuclear Circumcision?

Willard Foxton | Posted 24 May 2012 | UK Politics

Sometimes, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. I seem to be one of the only people who has noticed that amid the biggest financial crisis in a generation, parliament has just insouciantly waved through £350 million on some drawings of some new submarines. Maybe I'm being unfair...

Dr Philipp Rosler

The Eurozone Faces One of Its Biggest Ever Decisions

Dr Philipp Rosler | Posted 24 May 2012 | UK Politics

When the first Euros were printed in 1999, Europe chose a bold new future.

Economic and monetary union was a symbol of a new European self-confidence: the first currency union in Europe in modern times, within the world's largest trading bloc, and a degree of political co-operation that belied our...

Greg Jenner

Why the Queen Makes It Hard to Be a Republican

Greg Jenner | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK

This week, many Arsenal fans experienced a strange sense of internal conflict. With resentment in their eyes, and confusion in their hearts, they found themselves cheering on their bitter rivals, Chelsea, in the Champions League Final. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", says the Arabian proverb, and a...

Toby Lichtig

Not on our Streets

Toby Lichtig | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK

"Buy Sex - Pay the Price," scream the posters in Brixton Tube. A silhouette of a shady man stands underneath the headline, moodily checking his mobile phone. "Lambeth Council and Lambeth police are targeting those who buy sex," explains the blurb, helpfully reminding commuters that "Prostitution is a form of...

Mike Robb

Time for Less Talk and More Action on Infrastructure

Mike Robb | Posted 24 May 2012 | UK Politics

Earlier this year David Cameron spoke of the government's "failure of nerve" over infrastructure by pledging to hold a consultation on 'Boris Island' and reform bureaucratic planning laws.

George Osborne, too, made it a key priority in November last year when he unveiled the National Infrastructure...

Ann Barnes

PCC National Board Gets Green Light

Ann Barnes | Posted 23 May 2012 | UK Politics

Time is flying by and there's only six months to the new incoming Police and Crime Commissioners. There is an awful lot of work going on behind the scenes, not just locally but nationally as well.

A new national interim board has been set up that will act as...

John Walmsley

Is Teaching Public Service in School the Answer to Fixing 'Broken Britain'?

John Walmsley | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Universities & Education

Ever since the riots blazed across UK streets and TV sets worldwide last year, debate has raged on the catalyst that sparked an estimated 15,000 individuals to become one angry mob. Around 70% of the London 2011 rioters were under the age of 24 so identifying a root cause could...

Baroness Mary Goudie

Access to Finance for Women, G20 - Unlocking Economic Potential

Baroness Mary Goudie | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Politics

The G20 represents the world's most important industrialised and developing economies and is the premier forum for international economic growth and development across the globe. Next month's meeting in Mexico brings an opportunity for the G20 to recognise the critical role that women play in global economic growth and stability...

John O Connell

The Single Income Tax Would Be Fairer

John O Connell | Posted 24 May 2012 | UK Politics

There are all sorts of weird disparities in our tax system. Why should paying yourself through a company instead of being paid directly by your employer change what tax rate you pay? Why should debt get a better deal than equity, or share buybacks a better deal than dividends?

The...

Francois Petavy

The Disappearing Youth Vote: What the Government Should be Doing to Solve the Problem

Francois Petavy | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Politics

The Electoral Commission has confirmed its plans this week to publish a full report on the apparently dire English turnout and voting figures in July, two months after the local elections took place. The recent election turnout is estimated to be as low as 32%, the lowest since the year...

Laurence Watts

Virgin Billionaire Sir Richard Branson Comes Out4Marriage (VIDEO)

Laurence Watts | Posted 22 May 2012 | Gay Voices

Despite the leaders of all three of Britain's main political parties having stated their support for legalising same-sex marriage, the topic was noticeably absent from the recent Queen's Speech, an event that precedes and details the government's plans for forthcoming legislation.

Two other things occurred on Wednesday, May 9,...

Sir Christopher Meyer

The Euro-Crisis: Apocalypse Soon?

Sir Christopher Meyer | Posted 21 May 2012 | UK Politics

The endless eurozone crisis provokes a despairing weariness. It suffocates almost every international meeting like a damp, grey blanket. The G8 has come and gone in Camp David, bringing, so it seems, a solution no nearer. Yet another EU summit will gather later this week. No-one is holding their breath...

Mark Seddon

Will Britain Finally Get A Referendum on Europe?

Mark Seddon | Posted 21 May 2012 | UK Politics

A quiet suburban street set in the leafy suburbs of Cheadle, Manchester, yesterday witnessed a coming together of a former Leader of Manchester City Council, Labour MP Graham Stringer and a local Conservative MP with a strong independent streak, David Nuttall. This unlikely couple had joined forces with activists from...

Kate Allen

Are Afghan's Women About to be Sacrificed to the Taliban?

Kate Allen | Posted 22 May 2012 | UK Politics

Someone, somewhere, is keeping a tally of the number of international meetings on the future of Afghanistan held since the fall of the Taleban in 2001. It won't be a small number.

The Nato summit in Chicago has, once again, been discussing Afghanistan's prospects, specifically security after international troop...

Peter Kellner

Will Britain Vote to Leave the EU?

Peter Kellner | Posted 21 May 2012 | UK Politics

How would Britain vote in a referendum on the EU - and should Cameron or Miliband commit to calling one? Peter Kellner considers YouGov's latest poll results

According to the Observer, senior members of Labour’s shadow cabinet want Ed Miliband to commit Labour at the next election to an in-out...

Richard Lloyd

The Government Needs to Green Up its Act

Richard Lloyd | Posted 20 May 2012 | UK Politics

As the prime minister is reportedly reviewing the coalition's flagship Green Deal, we want him to take this opportunity to make big changes to ensure this scheme turns out to be a good deal for consumers.

Which? supports the ambition for homes to be more energy efficient and we welcome...

Carla Buzasi

The Week That Was: A Childish Endeavour

Carla Buzasi | Posted 20 May 2012 | UK

Who'd be a mother these days? Forget the exhaustion of broken sleep, it's all the arguments and wrangling over what's right and wrong that looks most painful.

In a week when expectant mothers were told they should actually be dieting rather than eating for two and when celebrity...

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