Are extrajudicial killings UK policy?

by | Dec 8, 2017

The UK Defence Secretary, Gavin Willamson, has been widely criticised after apparently threatening to have citizens who fought for Isil/Daesh killed. The UK Defence Secretary, Gavin Willamson, has been widely criticised after apparently threatening to have citizens...

UK terror threat throws spotlight on India’s far right

by | Dec 2, 2017

UK cinemas have postponed the opening of an Indian film after a far-right politician threatened that cinemas screening it would be set ablaze. UK cinemas have postponed the opening of an Indian film after a far-right politician threatened that cinemas screening it...

The disability employment gap – warm words and cold hearts

by | Dec 1, 2017

These days, whenever the government talks about helping people who are ill or disabled, this quote from Tolstoy springs to mind: “I sit on a man’s back choking him and making him carry me, and yet These days, whenever the government talks about helping people...

A death in the square and the light which will never go out

by | Nov 29, 2017

There are times when the need to report and comment on large scale events can seem overwhelming. There are times when the need to report and comment on large scale events can seem overwhelming. The general narrative of cruelty, violence, self-seeking and mendacity...