Bus wars

When the so called atheist bus took the streets a few months ago many people felt that the word ‘probably’ was redundant.
In their website the campaigners explained that the Committee of Advertising Practice advised the campaign that “the inclusion of the word ‘probably’ makes it less likely to cause offence, and therefore be in breach [...]

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Heathrow’s expansion: some thoughts

As the expansion is given the green light by the DfT I cannot but amaze myself at the colourful coalition of people opposing it: John McDonnell, Boris Johnson, Emma Thompson, Zac Goldsmith…. So I thought that Forgesian Thinking should also add its two pence to the debate. So here we go…
I am supportive on the [...]

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Campaigners buy land where Heatrow’s third runway was to be built

A coalition of green activists has bought the piece of land that was to be the site where the third Heathrow runway was to be built. Oscar winner Emma Thompson, new Tory posterboy Zac Goldsmith and NGOs such as Greenpeace have teamed up to buy the land before the government gave the project the green [...]

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Cameron’s tax credit is a total shambles

With ideas like this one understands why they are reluctant to put more policy substance out there…it would just be embarrassing.
The argument against brilliantly put by Hopi and Chris here and here.
Enjoy!

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Have a prejudice against asylum seekers? think again…

The tabloid press has been waging a campaign against asylum seekers in Britain for quite a while now. They might say that it isn’t against “genuine” asylum seekers it is aimed at, but nevertheless they have helped inhibit British society from what it is for most of these people a painful and certainly life-threatening experience.
News [...]

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A redistributive Labour

The far left criticised New Labour for being too liberal, Cameron cannot stop repeating his ‘broken society’ soundbite…but today the OECD has published a report that shows that since 2000 the UK has reduced income inequality and poverty more than any other member of the organisation.
Needless to say there is still a long way to [...]

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In praise of India

Today the 9th EU-India summit has kicked off in Marseille. As a student of South Asian affairs I would like to mark this event with a little reflection on India as one of the great hopes for our world in the 21st century.
When I arrived at SOAS to study politics I had to decide which [...]

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Balancing the justice system

With the whole Miliband affair going on the news that Keir Starmer has been appointed as the new director of public prosecutions hasn’t been properly looked at.
Apparently some bloggers have not warmed up to the idea of a progressive human rights’ barrister taking over the position of DPP (why is it the MSM seems to [...]

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The census of shame

The so-called Maroni census, named after Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, is the latest and gravest attempt in Europe to haunt inmigrants and violate their human rights.
The Maroni census created by the Berlusconi government aims at recording the identities of all Gypsies in Italy, but not just their identity also their ethnicity and religion. The [...]

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UK Government 2.0

It hasn’t made it too big across the MSM and sadly neither within the blogosphere itself. The UK Government for the first time in quite a while has shown originality and got me excited about something. Led by the Cabinet Office Minister and leading left-wing blogger Tom Watson, the UK Government has set up a [...]

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