“Tony Nicklinson wants to die after a severe stroke, while away on a business trip to Athens, left him paralysed, unable to move any part of his body except his head and eyes. However, there are some who might say that he is one of the luckier survivors of locked-in syndrome.”

The cuts v spending argument is one we’ve heard many times before and we would do well to heed Enoch Powell’s words on the matter.

Whether it’s through cuts in corporation tax or the promise to spread new industries right across the UK, the message is clear: Britain is well and truly back open for business.

With holiday bookings down 10% in Greece, how will the decline in the Greek tourism market affect its dire economic situation?

With not a single word about how Universities spend the money they already get, David Willetts proposes radical reforms as to how they can source their income.

After promising to create ‘political earthquakes’, the smaller parties and independents barely troubled the Richter scale and did not do as well as many expected in the recent election.

With a hung parliament and the first Coalition government in post-war history, are we witnessing the start of a dramatic demise of the Conservative and Labour parties as we know them?

Those who claim Britain was not a three party state before this election, cannot possible make the same claim now.

From France to Argentina, gay rights are increasingly being recognised and enshrined in law. Yet in the world of sport, retrogressive social attitudes are forcing many high profile stars to conceal their sexuality.

A coalition between the Old and New factions of the Labour Party need not compromise the politics of either but could give rise to a new Labour party, with the hope and excitement of 1997 strengthened by the realism of today.

Robert Kennedy once pointed out, “everyone likes the word progressive but no one likes the word change.” So what is ‘progressive’ politics?

As Nick Griffin announces plans to hand over leadership of his far-right party to someone fresher and younger, is this the end for the BNP? Possible, but probably not.