(C) D.M.
The recent split in the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), with party giant Lindsey German and 50 supporters leaving the party, continues a predictable pattern for the Left. Swiftly following the division of Respect into …

2010 is of course, General Election year. The Conservatives and Labour have been in the headlines recently, attempting to score early political victories over each other. Among those preparing for the months ahead, is Power2010, …

Finally stepping up to the plate, all three leaders of the main political parties have agreed to take part in a series of three televised debates in the general election campaign next year.
For those people …

Robert Scoble (c)
Tony Blair today admitted that he would have ‘invaded Iraq anyway’, regardless of whether there had been evidence for Weapons of Mass Destruction. Such an admission pretty much closes one part of the …

Spain’s economy will have to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.

(c) World Economic Forum
For those Tories who expected Gordon Brown to quit without a fight, the news that Labour will pass a law forcing the next government, whoever wins the election, to hold a …

Despite a new leader, the Italian-Left has a long way to go.

Dave McLear
Old Age Pensions are the single most expensive scheme that the government spends money on. Politicians are desperate to court the ‘grey vote’, but pensions are so expensive, and the number of pensioners growing …

(c) Paul Kehrer
With the release of the latest Mori opinion poll suggesting a significant tightening of the Labour-Tory gap in the run up to the impending general election, the press is awash with excitable prognoses …

Following warnings that the Copenhagen summit would be the last chance to save the world from the disastrous effects of climate change it seems that negotiations have stalled before they have even started.
There were high …

The government was defeated last week. A House of Lords amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill adding
UK Parliament
a ‘free speech’ clause to the legislation was held up despite the House of Commons voting against …

(c) Trish Mayo
As has been well publicised, it is 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The lessons of the defeat of the Soviet Union are far reaching and more pertinent than ever …

(c) Steve Punter
Adding to widespread condemnation from all sections of the British political spectrum, HRH the Queen has now stepped into the BNP debate, strongly criticising their use of patriotic British imagery and calling on all …

A Bill of Rights should be an integral component of any democratic constitution. Many democracies today have a Bill of Rights embedded within their state constitution. A Bill of Rights, in its simplest sense, defines …

On the 30th of August Japanese people will return to the polls to vote in a highly contested general election. The party in power, currently the LDP (Liberal Democratic Party), has dominated the political …

Proponents of same-sex marriages argue that this is the “perfect time” to focus more attention on the issue. But, is the struggle for gay marriage the right direction for the US GLBT movement today? Is “Gay Marriage” more trouble than its worth?