Vox Pop: What is the Big Society?

Article published: Tuesday, February 22nd 2011

MULE rode up to the corner of Oxford Road and Whitworth Street in Central Manchester to ask the passing public just what they thought of David Cameron’s “Big Society”… If you would like to make short videos similar to this for Manchester MULE, or if you are already making short films and would like to […]

The Jungle

Article published: Monday, February 21st 2011

The new Government want to charge people for claiming Child Maintenance. It’s part of a consultation called Stengthening Families, which is based on a far-fetched Tory ideology that one parent families are always the result of an amicable marriage split. Bear with me through the figures…. They want to encourage single parents to make a […]

‘Don’t blame us, guv!’ Can councillors resist the cuts?

Article published: Sunday, February 13th 2011

Do councillors have no choice but to deliver the cuts hammer blow, or can they fight back? Michael Calderbank investigates.

Take a tour of Lansley’s private health care supporters

Article published: Thursday, February 3rd 2011

Who is behind the government’s proposals to radically reform the NHS? Well, take a look at those that stand to benefit.

The grip of the banking lobby on British politics seems unlikely to soften soon

Article published: Monday, January 24th 2011

The political moment for reform of the banking and shadow-banking industries seems to have passed. UK politics is in thrall to a powerful bank lobby that scores victory after victory.

“Too Many Kettles, Not Enough Tea”

Article published: Tuesday, December 14th 2010

Last Thursday I went to exercise my right to demonstrate peacefully in Parliament Square. Having lived in the UK for the last 6 years and hoping to be able to fully settle in this country sometime soon, I was naturally outraged by the education cuts and fees raise the current administration was planning to introduce. […]

On violence

Article published: Monday, November 15th 2010

Don’t censor the violence coming from young people: it’s all that we have left.