UK Archive
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Thousands protest welfare reform in Glasgow
Posted on April 1, 2013 | No CommentsOn Saturday morning, the drums of war pounded throughout Glasgow’s city centre as thousands poured into George Square to protest the government's bedroom tax -
Bedroom tax is kicking people who are already down
Posted on February 5, 2013 | No CommentsRiverside Housing – one of the UK’s biggest social housing landlords – is to start charging its tenants an ‘under-occupancy’ fee from April. This is the text-book definition of kicking someone who’s already down. -
Update on missing student, David O’Halloran
Posted on January 22, 2013 | 3 CommentsAn updated sighting of missing student, David O’Halloran, has been confirmed. The 18 year old student was last seen at approximately 2am on Friday 18 January in the vicinity of... -
Appeal for information on missing student
Posted on January 21, 2013 | No CommentsPolice are calling for information to help find Stirling student, David O’Halloran, who was reported missing on Sunday. The 18 year old was last seen entering a taxi at around... -
Do police fuel race-related violence?
Posted on January 17, 2013 | No CommentsLast year, the Metropolitan Police responded to 607 racially-motivated hate crimes In London – which is hardly surprising, given that there were at least 51 complaints asserting the police service itself was responsible for racist activity. -
The Sun declares war on Argentina
Posted on January 8, 2013 | No CommentsThe Sun has embarrassed its country once again by choosing to join the row over the Falkland Islands’ sovereignty -
Conservatives need to grow up
Posted on December 4, 2012 | No CommentsConservative students at Oxford University have made the claim that they’re being persecuted, and are subsequently demanding the same level of special protections that are extended to LGBT individuals, the disabled and ethnic minorities. -
Interview: MP David Miliband
Posted on November 6, 2012 | No CommentsLabour MP David Miliband talks Johann Lamont, Scottish Labour and the road to 2014. -
Scotland’s Nuclear Highway: local councils are unaware and unprepared
Posted on November 6, 2012 | 5 CommentsPolitics Editor Nash Riggins investigates the nature of the nuclear weapons convoys that regularly travel through Stirling. -
Black hole sum: hike in tuition fees backfires
Posted on October 26, 2012 | No CommentsIt takes some kind of stupid to establish legislature that drastically raises fees for something that is in high demand, and then somehow emerge £1b in debt – but Nick Clegg and David Cameron have apparently done the impossible.
