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Rapper and binman MC NxtGen, aka Sean Donnelly, is spot on with this rap that takes on the Tories and their plans for the NHS. He mercilessly lays into Health Minister Andrew Lansley in the video.
But the rap is much more than cheap insults. MC NxtGen has done his home work as the rap succinctly [...]

Normally I’d avoid anything put out by Press TV, but these clips, in which EDL members are given the chance to explain exactly what it is they think they’re doing, are essential viewing.
In this clip, an EDL member explains ‘the Muslamic infidel’ and the threat ‘Iraqi law’ poses to London:

And in this clip you can [...]

Following the union-bashing pattern set by his fellow Republican governors– Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, Ohio’s John Kasich and others– Maine’s Paul LePage has announced plans to remove a mural depicting the history of the state’s labor movement from the state’s Department of Labor offices in Augusta.
(You can see a slide show of the mural here.)
[A]fter what [...]

EchoWarning thinks not:
To prove some background, Fortnum & Mason is recognised internationally as a high-end retailer who stock everything from basic provisions to more exotic goods. Their store is a favourite of the ‘rich and famous’, as well as being a celebrated supplier of high quality tea. Fortnum & Mason is [...]

UPDATE
Sarah AB adds.  The AHRC has refuted the report and issued a statement here.
Today’s Observer includes a worrying report suggesting that the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) was forced to include the idea of the ‘Big Society’ as one of its research priorities in order to secure its funding from cuts.
The Arts and Humanities [...]

After assuring Ahmadinejad and Gaddafi of his backing in extremis, Hugo Chavez has thrown his coveted support to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad.
Haaretz reports:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has decried recent reports condemning Syria’s violent crackdowns on protests, offering Syrian President Bashar Assad his support and calling him a “humanist” and a “brother”, according to a report by [...]

I did not go along to yesterday’s march, although I did attend a local demonstration linked with the UCU’s strike action on Thursday.  Here I rolled my eyes at the inevitable parallels made between us and protestors in the ME, and fixed people selling the Socialist Worker with a Paddington-like stare.  My demonstration style is [...]

Watching the Sky News footage of the ‘anti-capitalist’ anarchist all-round-dickheads earlier it amused me to see that one of the ‘revolutionary’ vandals was wearing a ‘North Face’ jacket, while another used a scarf bearing the Nike ’swoosh’ logo to cover his face.
Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but are these not examples of exactly the [...]

Guest post by DaveM
“We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. When there is divergence between your policy and the people’s beliefs and interests, [...]

Brian David Stevens