This racist group has been treated with a certain amount of indulgence by Britain's mainstream media. We need to drown them out

On June 22, thousands will convene in London demanding an alternative to austerity: it will not only be a show of force, but a launchpad for a missing force in British politics

The whistleblower has allowed us to scrutinise the hidden realities of US power

Rape is rape. There are no mitigating circumstances or shades of grey

The undeserving poor – the feckless, the workshy, the scrounging – are the exception, not the norm. If only our television screens reflected that

There is nothing law-breaking about tax avoidance and this is of course the point. The law is rigged in favour of the wealthy and the state is at the service of the rich

It's not 'sloth' that ruined this country's economy, whatever Boris Johnson may say, but it is another of the Seven Deadly Sins. So let’s aim fire at greed

Britain ought to be constructing 230,000 homes a year to meet the demand

This is where the shredding of universalism ends up, promoting poisonous ideas of the 'undeserving poor' and the further destruction of Britain’s social cohesion

Why is the slaughter in Boston more shocking or newsworthy than the deaths in Iraq?