BREAKING: AC Grayling resigns Humanist presidency over New College “controversy”
AC Grayling, the philosopher who has sparked protests with his proposed £18,000-a-year private college, has resigned as President of the British Humanist Association before even taking office, blaming “controversy” generated by the New College scheme.
Greens Set the Agenda for Scottish Coalition Government
The Scottish Greens today set out their ‘red lines’ for any coalition. These lines are policies that the party won’t cross to enter government. it’s almost certain the next Scottish Government will be led by either the SNP or Labour. These red lines mean that a coalition including the Greens will be radically different to [...]
The beginning of the end of the LibDems?
Extended post – words by Rupert Read photo, unknown (let us know if it’s yours and we’ll credit you). The last month of student protests, culminating in the Parliamentary vote on Thursday in favour of trebling fees and thoroughly marketizing British higher-ed, have delivered what well could spell the beginning of the end of the [...]
MSPs will pay for students’ Green Party membership
The Green members of the Scottish Parliament, Patrick Harvie and Robin Harper, will pay membership subs for all students joining the Scottish Greens today and tomorrow. Students can join by downloading a form from scottishgreens.org.uk and returning it, dated today or tomorrow, without payment. Patrick Harvie said this evening: “The protests today are not just [...]
We’re just getting started
This is just the start. Tonight’s vote was a terrible blow to our generation – to our country’s future. Our response may not have succeeded in preventing it. But we have woken Britain from her slumber. And that is a mighty feat. And because of that, tomorrow, the struggle continues. The struggle continues because the [...]
Students vs the asset strippers: who will win?
This post first appeared on the new anti-cuts site False Economy which I’ve been a little involved in, and which you have to check out. Two days ago, I stood outside Oxford’s Cheney School as almost the entire sixth-form walked out of their classes. Their younger school-mates too had turned up that morning with placards [...]
Lib Dem hijack is coming from inside the building…
The National Union of Students is rightly celebrated this morning for hijacking the www.liberaldemocrats.org.uk domain name and pointing it to their video documenting Nick Clegg’s betrayal over tuition fees. But there’s a twist to this seemingly simple tale of cyber-squatting. Eagle-eyed Kris Keane points out that far from being overlooked by the party, allowing the [...]
Time to Take a Stand: Oppose Uncapped Student Fees
How many Liberal Democrats does it take to screw in a light-bulb? They don’t – they’re too busy screwing their voters. In universities across the country, the Liberal Democrat’s opposition to fees was symbolic of their claim to stand up for younger voters. And now, after a painfully predictable U-turn, Vince Cable looks like he’s [...]
Behind the Smokescreen on Student Fees
This guest post by the ever excellent Sarah Morrison first appeared at http://srmorrison.wordpress.com/ Nick Clegg told Britain that he wanted a “clean, open, plural politics that…you can put your faith in,” when he spoke at his first press conference at Number 10. While the footage streamed onto our screens might not have been reminiscent of [...]