No Right Turn

Forty years ago, during the UK miner's strike , Margaret Thatcher sent 8000 police to attack striking miners during the so-called Battle...

A protest group carries out repeated non-violent actions to highlight its cause, highlighting the fact that the regime's foreign policy ...

On Thursday, infrastructure minister Chris Bishop was wanking in the House about the benefits of Public-Private-Partnerships (PPPs) . So how...

It's official: coal has been eliminated from the UK's electricity system : Britain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-o...

Stephen Lawrence was murdered thirty years ago in a racist attack in London. The murder and the resulting police non-investigation has been...

Like a lot of people, I spent Friday watching the UK election . There's the obvious joy at seeing the end of 14 years of Tory chaos, but...

In 2008, the UK Parliament passed the Climate Change Act 2008 . The law established a system of targets, budgets, and plans, with inbuilt ac...

When the UK opened a new coalmine last year , they were warned that it would damage their international reputation and give cover for other ...

Last month, Transport Minister Michael Wood was forced to resign after deliberately and repeatedly concealing his pecuniary interests. Ther...

In 2020, the Brereton report found that the Australian SAS had murdered 39 Afghan civilians and committed war crimes . The British governmen...

Many people think the monarchy isn't a problem, just a distant bit of pomp and pageantry. Outdated and undemocratic, sure, but just a ha...

In 1972, British soldiers tortured a false confession out of Liam Holden , resulting in him being given Britain's last death sentence. W...

When England was an empire, it used colonialism to spread bigotry and hate, leaving a legacy of homophobic legislation around the world . An...

Last night, the English Supreme Court ruled that the Scottish government cannot hold an independence referendum . Having said that Scotland...

Over in the UK, the radical Tory government is planning more benefit cuts to screw the poor . Meanwhile, there's also a timely reminder ...

In the eighteenth century, the British government waged a campaign of repression against those calling for democracy and an end to the mona...

People being told to drink sewage sounds like a headline from the early nineteenth century, before the public health revolution, or from a f...

Back in 2019 our parliament passed the Zero Carbon Act. The Act was modelled on the UK's Climate Change Act, and has a similar scheme of...

Back in 2017, the ABC revealed that Australia's SAS committed war crimes in Afghanistan , murdering prisoners and civilians, and taking ...

Northern Ireland went to the polls last week , resulting in Sinn Féin becoming the largest party, the first time an Irish party has done so...