China signs a compassionate and historic trade deal with Taiwan after sixty years of dispute.

The Home Secretary Theresa May has announced a limit on non-EU migrants who are able to come to the UK in the same week that the government is proposing welfare reform to push the unemployed into work. Is a cap on non-EU immigration good for the economy?

A Lib-Con coalition was not only the right choice for the politically expedient and economically minded – it was the right choice for the public, full stop.

‘Whilst ecological issues are becoming a more integral part of the political landscape both, at home and abroad the idea that a party could use environmental policies as the fundamental basis for a set of practically applicable policies is at best wishful thinking and at worst, dangerously illogical.’

(c) celikins
Writing their semi-satirical 1969 hit about a former resident of Tucson, Arizona, Lennon and McCartney were hardly suggesting the most radical reorms to immigration policy in recent American history. Four decades later however …

The 2005 Election suggested an increasing number of British people are willing to vote for minor parties whose support could be invaluable in a hung parliament this time around.

The 2005 Election suggested that an increasing number of British citizens are willing to vote for minor parties whose support could be invaluable in a hung parliament.

Geert Wilders’ fight for free speech is an important one which we should all join, whether we agree with his views or not.

(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 …

An ICM / Guardian poll revealed yesterday that the Conservatives’ lead is down three percent, whilst Labour and Liberal Democrat figures remain fairly steady. This highlights the growing concern at the possibility of a hung …

Operation Black Vote
The recent decision by Home Secretary Alan Johnson to tighten the rules on student visas has been long overdue. The system is punctured with loopholes that have been exploited for years by …

(c) fotologic
At the Fabian Society’s New Year conference, Gordon Brown declared that “Labour is backing Britain’s aspirations; and we’re fighting to win”. Yet, what has been starkly apparent from the latest failed bid to bring …