Tag Archives: Pressure Groups

  1. Jeremy Corbyn and Stop the War come as a pair – why that matters

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    January 6, 2016 by Paul Goldsmith

    Jeremy Corbyn’s relationship with Stop the War is transparent and he should continue it. But the organisation itself must bear …
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  2. Why Syria continues to confound Cameron

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    November 4, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith

    Who’d be a Prime Minister? Faced with pictures of civilians dying in Syria, David Cameron has to make a decision …
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  3. Trade Union Bill – don’t believe the hype!

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    September 14, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith

    Today Parliament has been debating, and will continue to debate, the Trade Union Bill brought forward by the Conservative Government. …
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  4. A government imposing austerity backed by 24% of the electorate is a legitimate as 250,000 people marching against it

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    June 24, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith

       Last weekend (20th June) there was an anti-austerity march in Central London. It was reported variously that 250,000 people …
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  5. Can you campaign against fuel poverty AND oppose fracking at the same time?

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    February 5, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith

    Last week, MPs voted overwhelmingly against a bid to have all fracking suspended. However, this was not without controversy. Tessa …
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  6. 50,000 people assembled in Parliament Square to protest against austerity: why wasn’t the BBC interested?

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    June 22, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith

    Despite the complaints I have made about the dangers to pluralism in this country (click here and here), I am …
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  7. Balcombe fracking protest acquittals – pluralism restored

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    May 18, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith

    The recent release of figures disclosing that of the 114 charges against protesters (including Caroline Lucas, the Green Party MP …
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