David Cameron may see himself as a Harold MacMillan style PM, but it could be another Harold who'd provide a more suitable role model.
As I write this, a hunger strike of some proportion is spreading through California’s prisons. It is the largest strike of its type in the history of the state, involving thirty thousand inmates, a quarter of all those incarcerated in California.
Ever been so frustrated with being ignored by politicians that you contemplated setting up your own political party? Well these boys did...
The Royal baby represents nothing but a medieval class system and an obsession with unremarkable people. Here's why I won't be celebrating.
After starting a modest blog, I inadvertently became an authority on the Arab Spring.
No one would want to live under Egypt’s brotherhood government, but the alternative isn’t better.
Sanctions, condemnation from outside and the threat of conflict have been a constant in Iran, but the election of the reformist candidate is givi...
Placed dangerously between Syria and Israel, exposure to conflict and overspill from refugees is causing big problems in Lebanon.
The recent discovery of mass state surveillance via the web is shocking and wrong, but has been a long time coming.
Something remarkable is happening in Turkey. What started as a peaceful protest to save some trees has now spread throughout the country, with the population united against their Prime Minister.
While the poor and disabled are tagged as benefit scroungers the big corporations are allowed to carry or regardles...
There has been a lot of speculation recently about the supposed decline of the USA and its imminent eclipse as the ...
The Government had proposed changes "Transforming Legal Aid". Here's why that's bad news for everyone...
Like the film. Only much, much less funny.
Yesterday's events were horrific, but don't be part of the problem with EDL and the right-wing loons, be part of the solution and convince the Go...
The irresponsible actions of one arsehole in the States could jeopordise the future freedom of the internet for all of us.
Fascists? Maybe. Idiots? Possibly. But by using democracy to spread their message UKIP have shown that they're here to stay...
Are you one of the growing number of people being made reduntant? You could start signing on, and get to work on your CV.. or you could go the ot...
Nick Harris and Max Toomey wanted to see what the EDL was really like. Here's what happened when they spent a day inside the Cambridge protest.
Boston Police are currently in pursuit of the suspects behind the Marathon Bombings...
Starting at Kings Cross Station and ending outside Lord Freud's house, the protest against the Bedroom Tax became t...
There's nothing new in celebrating the death of a Prime Minister. It just hasn't be done for a while...
There are no parties celebrating the death of the Iron Lady, but rather peaceful protests that could easily have be...
As people dance a merry jig on the streets of Britain to Thatcher's death rattle and news coverage does it's best to present a master class in pr...
Post-Leveson newspapers rambled on about democratic rights, then Thatcher died and morals went out the window
Margaret Thatcher's dead so we hit the streets to get your reaction.
On Monday, the country mourned/celebrated the death of Margaret Thatcher. I certainly wasn't part of the former - her Clause 28 was bigoted and s...
Ding dong the witch is dead, and of course the Tories are planning a state funeral for her. Here's a look back at t...
Margaret Thatcher is dead. No doubt now we'll have to deal with people claiming she made Britain. She didn't, and w...
An appeal to the Work and Pensions Secretary, from workfare participant/unemployed social worker/fellow human being...
With threats against the US, underground nuclear missile tests and a nation so oppressed that people are eating the...
Conservatism is waging class war against those who most need help and the concept of helping those less fortunate is completely alien to these chinless wonders...
Of course Mick Philpott is a hideous individual, but he is as representative of the poor as Hans and Eva Rausing are of the rich...
Jeremy Hunt's latest bout of sheer hypocrisy further proves we can never afford to make another mistake of this magnitude...
Dissolve the four hundred year unity of the crowns, throw out the British influence and let Scotland be independent...
Student politics has more clichés than a Peter Kay DVD. Which is part of what makes it fun. Here's a guide to unde...
Discrimination is still going to happen whether the Queen signs this Charter or not, because she isn't signing it f...
So yesterday the big old U S of A decided to give teachers in South Dakota guns. Here's why fighting guns with guns...
With their sixth album now out, it's time to reflect on why the Wakefield punk-m...
Whether its screws selling to inmates or lags becoming hopelessly addicted, the ...
A chocolate egg is for life, not just for Easter.
If you need some comedy in your life, here's a few underrated comedy gems whose ...
It's not so much top-shelf material I'm interested in as the shelves themselves....
One, Two, Three, Four Hundred...
Undoubtedly one of the greatest films of all time, Goodfellas also throws up the...
From Cruyff's unique two-stripe Holland kit to an Italian shirt with a neo-nazi ...
Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this article....
"It's gonna take time, a whole lotta precious time..."
It's Paul Merson's 47th birthday today and to celebrate we've got 20 quotes that...
We've finally got our shit back after Monday's dramatic release , and a dozen li...
Not so Vlad to have him back.
Sid Owen ran over my foot in Asda.
Started catching up with GoT series 1 yet? Here’s some things to look out for ...
The government is voluntarily surrendering our place at the top table and the Am...
Every now and again we like to remind ourselves of this.
Never crack one of your back teeth again.
One fan's overdue love letter to the only comic to school its readers in Yiddish...
If you want to be THAT guy at the 5-a-side, here's how.