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Archive for January, 2011
Paul Routledge
By Paul Routledge /Friday, January 14th, 2011Earthquake weather shakes no one with Blairities back to stir
Random Advice
By John Street /Friday, January 14th, 2011And just remember, after the result at Oldham East & Saddleworth, that an anagram of David Cameron is Random Advice…
Sickness at Europe’s heart
By David Charter /Friday, January 14th, 2011David Charter says EU leaders must show some serious moral fibre if the organisation is to revive and thrive
A warning for America
By Tribune Editorial /Friday, January 14th, 2011In April 2009, a senior level internal report for the United States government’s homeland security department on right-wing extremism concluded: “The economic downturn and the election of the first African-American president present unique drivers for right-wing radicalisation and recruitment.”
Miliband lays into coalition over bankers’ bonuses as ministers beat a retreat over curbs
By Chris McLaughlin /Friday, January 14th, 2011Labour leader Ed Miliband turned the opposition’s fire on bank bonuses amid disclosures over clandestine meetings between senior City figures and the coalition aimed at stitching up a deal to limit any curbs on excessive payments.
Tory MPs’ discontent with Cable is deep
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, January 14th, 2011Hardline and grassroots Tories are deeply dissatisfied with Business Secretary Vince Cable, according to a survey of supporters conducted by influential political website Conservative Home. Tim Montgomerie, the site’s editor, said the Business Secretary had only 14 per cent support among party members while 85 per cent were actively dissatisfied.
TUC leader Barber attacks interns’ exploitation
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, January 14th, 2011Proposals by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development that interns be paid a £2.50 hourly wage have been dismissed by TUC general secretary Brendan Barber.
EU set for left-right showdown over plans to reign in nations’ debts
By Ben Fox /Friday, January 14th, 2011The European Parliament is set for a major ideological battle between the Socialist group and the centre-right European People’s Party and the Conservatives’ ECR group over planned reforms to the economic governance of the eurozone and national budgets, following the first open meeting of the Parliament’s economic committee on its draft reports on the matter.
Chapter and verse on business at the heart of our intellectual culture
By Robert Giddings /Thursday, January 13th, 2011Merchants of Culture: The Publishing
Business in the Twenty-First Century
by John B Thompson
Polity, £20