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Tribunals, tigers and dogs

July 29, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

Felix McHugh, author of the book Damned Scroungers, is back with more stories about his daily struggle to ensure disability claimants receive the money to which they are rightly entitled

A new front opens up in the war against nature

July 27, 2012 3:34 pm Leave your thoughts

George Monbiot says that the Countryside Alliance's campaign against a ban on lead shot strikes him as motivated by the age-old attitude of reactionary members of the landowning classes: that they will not be subject to the laws or considerations that affect lesser members of society.

From Nehru to Mao: India’s Tryst with Destiny

July 22, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts

In 1947, Nehru spoke about a tryst with destiny. Free from the shackles of British colonialism, India was on course for a bright new future. Fast forward and witness the not so glittering outcome that Nehru didn't have in mind, writes Colin Todhunter.