One rule for them

Senior politician Andrew Mitchell swore at a policeman. Whether or not he called the officer a pleb* is irrelevant if he is allowed to evade the rule of law applicable to ordinary people.

Great expectations

Just over a million under 25-year-olds are unemployed. A university degree costs £27,000. Decent training schemes and apprenticeships are scarce. What next for Britain’s youth?

The scandals we choose to ignore

Gladys, a young dental nurse from Zimbabwe, is just one typical victim out of thousands, whose liberty depends on the caprice of the UK border agency’s decision-making.

Refugees driven to despair in Calais

An Iraqi Kurd peeps out from under a pile of blankets on a wet pavement. “OK you journalist,” he says. “Tell me where are the human rights in Europe?”

What does Britishness look like from the outside?

A society where there is universal education, a national health service, and a society where people are free to fight inequality and seek justice