If ever you want to know whether something that sounds important is a good idea, and you’re struggling to work it out, look at who’s in favour and who’s against. It’s not always reliable, but the journalist’s nose is good at sniffing out the advocates and detractors...
Having marched as part of last Saturday’s Brighton Pride parade (see photo), I’ve been musing in the days since about the role an event like this plays when the battle has largely been won. I know people will say – quite rightly – that...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) watches the world’s sportsmen and -women, to make sure they don’t take banned substances. And quite right! We know there are plenty of aspiring athletes who are happy to gain an advantage by cheating, so if rules on...
The clamour for all Russian athletes to be banned from the Rio Olympics is totally understandable, but it breaches a basic principle of justice. If you or I break the law, we’re entitled to be treated fairly according to the punishments laid down in that law and...
Books in the office – at last The Alternative. The printed copies have arrived from the printers! The book ‘The Alternative’, compiled by Labour MP Lisa Nandy, Green MP Caroline Lucas, and me, have now arrived in the offices of Biteback publishing....
