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Archive for June, 2011
Not all is as it seems in pop tour de force
By Cary Gee /Wednesday, June 29th, 2011Not getting to Denmark, but badly led to nowhere
By Tribune Web Editor /Wednesday, June 29th, 2011Being in thrall to finance and the City at the expense of manufacturing
has brought Britain to its present pass, argues Austin Mitchell
Arab Spring produces unlikely alliances and policy rethinks
By Marcus Papadopoulos /Saturday, June 25th, 2011The firestorms of the Arab Spring raging in the Middle East – the growing calls for greater freedom and democracy being made on the streets of towns and cities in the region – have thrown up some unlikely allies and forced the West to re-evaluate its relationship with some long-term friends.
No one wants see George singing in his bath
By Ed Balls /Saturday, June 25th, 2011It was a familiar Mansion House evening. An austere Chancellor speaks to London’s bankers.
Leadership rules – a history lesson for contenders and pretenders
By Edward Pearce /Saturday, June 25th, 2011Leadership is a word begging every question. Leadership where?
They’re only doing the blog – whoever they are
By Rupa Huq /Saturday, June 25th, 2011When is a blogger not a blogger? Perhaps when they turn out not to be the person you thought they were.
European maternity plans left in limbo
By Kate Holman /Friday, June 24th, 2011A new European law laying down better employment rights for pregnant women and new parents looks likely to be blocked indefinitely after a meeting of European Union ministers last week.
There could be a British sequel to this Greek tragedy
By Ian Aitken /Friday, June 24th, 2011One of the strangest phenomena of the early years of the 21st century is the extent to which politicians and so-called economic experts refuse to acknowledge the realities that are staring them in the face.
For fairness’ sake, let’s bomb Syria
By Chris Proctor /Friday, June 24th, 2011Shouldn’t we be shooting a few missiles into Syria? After all, we British stand for fairness.
Ideas, idealism, personal and political
By Aleks Sierz /Friday, June 24th, 2011Chicken Soup with Barley
Royal Court, London