Last week, Jess Phillips withdrew from the race for the new Labour leader, but she left behind a number of other women in the running, including Lisa Nandy, Emily Thornberry, and Rebecca Long-Bailey....
2019 was the year in which members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) went on strike for the first time in its 103-year history. More than 15,000 nurses in Northern Ireland took to the picket...
Andre Spicer, City, University of London On the morning after every election, millions of people whose side has lost start the day feeling down. And so it was for Labour supporters after the 2019...
“Some people with learning disabilities don’t understand about money”, proclaims Conservative parliamentary candidate Sally Ann Heart. Therefore, she says, we should pay disabled people less...
As NATO leaders convened in Buckingham Palace on the 3rd of December to mark the alliance's 70th anniversary at the Heads of State summit, thousands of furious protestors marched the streets of...
General Election campaigning is in full swing in the UK at the moment. There are leaflets through postboxes, knocks on the door at inopportune moments and endless TV and radio coverage. Every...
Kevin Albertson, Manchester Metropolitan University The UK Labour Party says it intends to nationalise a number of key public services. The full plans are not yet released but there has been talk of...
Unsettling news came from Greece on Monday when riot police invaded the Economic University of Athens. The police threw chemicals at the crowds of university students protesting against the newly...
The UK’s General Election campaigning is in full swing and debates about who to vote for dominate social media. As each party, large and small, comes up with policies and strategies, they polish...
Durham Miners’ Gala is an annual event that has been held in Durham every year since 1871. It is a celebration of mining in the area and the associated trade unionism. Many people attend the “big...
