Winter of Discontent: The Hetherington Occupation
Students seize the Hetherington Building at Glasgow University. Image © Hannah TaitHannah Tait Hannah Tait From February to August this year, I spent a lot of time inside an ordinary-looking Glasgow...
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John Lucas Are the public warming to tents and placards? Image © John Lucas There are now two weeks until the UK experiences its biggest public-sector strikes in a generation. It is difficult to know...
View ArticleWinter of Discontent: “We were meant to start at 5 but we’ve just been...
Bean Reoch Image © Francis McKee After staring at a blank document for what feels, now, like hours, I can only come to one conclusion about the Hetherington Occupation: it was like nothing else I have...
View ArticleWinter of Discontent: Occupy London should demand greater competition
Five Minute Economist Image © Andy Roberts The Occupy London protests are now two months old and still going strong and have established a “Bank of Ideas” in an empty building belonging to UBS. Nice...
View ArticleWinter of Discontent: Arab Winter
Georgia Lewis Image © The Advocacy Project The picture of a woman in Cairo with her abaya torn away by men who do not deserve the respect of a soldier job title has gone global. With her face covered...
View ArticleWinter of Discontent: Labour isn’t working
Dominic Turner Image © Murdo Macleod As we enter 2012, we have a Government perceived as out of touch and elitist, ramming through a failing, unpopular, and treacherous economic agenda. The government...
View ArticleWinter of Discontent: Put away childish things
Morus Image © Murdo Macleod As a political anorak and resident of Edinburgh I dutifully plodded out to St Andrew’s House yesterday afternoon to stand in the cold and catch a glimpse of my Prime...
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