How do you remove disabled people’s legitimacy as citizens? Remove their access to politics
Disabled former Labour election candidate Emily Brothers has launched a judicial review against the Conservative government’s decision to freeze the …
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Pipeline leaks 130,000 gallons of oil, 150 miles from Dakota Access protests
The reason so many people rose up to join the Dakota Access Pipeline protest is that many in the Standing …
Don’t celebrate the victory at Standing Rock too soon – it isn’t over yet
All seems well after the US Army Corps of Engineers refused to grant a permit for pipeline engineers to drill …
Major victory for Standing Rock pipeline protesters as US Army seeks alternative route
This is a welcome victory for ordinary people against corporate power. Dare we hope that, after a nightmarish year, the …
If the UK is willing to pay to stay in the Single Market, why leave the EU at all?
The answer should be obvious to everybody: Leaving the EU means the UK will no longer be subject to all …
Torygraph Launches Scathing Attack On Commons Standards Commissioner After Rifkind/Straw Ruling
Painful though it is to agree with the Torygraph, the paper is absolutely right to go for Kathryn Hudson’s jugular …
Rifkind and Straw didn’t break lobbying rules – it seems they only offered
Parliament’s standards commissioner, Kathryn Hudson, has let former MPs Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw off the hook after they …
Tory restrictions on judicial review to be ended by a Labour government
Conservative Party changes that meant the public were effectively forbidden from questioning government decisions will be scrapped if Labour is …
No protection from Bedroom Tax for the vulnerable as it would cause ‘political embarrassment’
Vulnerable children and adults with disabilities or high support needs may be forced to pay the Bedroom Tax, despite protestations …
‘Gagging Bill’ put on hold as government fears defeat
The Coalition government’s latest attack on democracy has been halted before it reached the House of Lords, after ministers realised …