Samira Shackle
Articles by Samira Shackle
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UK Politics
What Tony Blair and David Miliband have to say to the Labour Party
- 13 February 2012
Blair tells the party to focus on the centre-ground and links with the City, echoing Miliband's NS essay.
North America
VIDEO: Republican's heartfelt plea on gay marriage goes viral
- 10 February 2012
- 27 comments
Representative Maureen Walsh gets emotional as she tells the House floor it is "cruel" to deny the right to love.
Health
ConservativeHome calls for health bill to be scrapped
- 10 February 2012
- 13 comments
Three Tory cabinet ministers "almost instructed" influential website to come out against NHS reform.
Law & Reform
Why we should not deport Abu Qatada and be damned
- 09 February 2012
- 26 comments
Ignoring the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights would set a dangerous precedent.
UK Politics
Lansley fights another day as Cameron backs NHS reform
- 08 February 2012
- 5 comments
The PM moves to squash speculation about the Health Secretary's future as the Lords prepare to debate the bill.
Economy
£10.9bn of unpaid tax written off by government? Who cares!
- 07 February 2012
- 6 comments
The Treasury does not adequately monitor the way it spends public money, according to MPs.
Broadcast
Alex Salmond, the BBC and the impartiality question
- 06 February 2012
- 45 comments
The SNP leader's rugby punditry was cancelled on grounds of impartiality. Is he right to raise concerns about political interference?
Broadcast
BBC defends decision to censor the word "Palestine"
- 02 February 2012
- 39 comments
The broadcaster claims that allowing the lyric "free Palestine" would have comprised impartiality.
Middle East
Was Egypt's football violence political?
- 02 February 2012
- 1 comment
The death of 74 football fans in Egypt is a worrying sign of the country's deteriorating security situation.
Economy
Fred Goodwin stripped of knighthood
- 31 January 2012
- 9 comments
The former head of RBS has been stripped of his title.
