Culture Coin Opera: Poems inspired by video games Think it's impossible to write poetry about video games? Wrong! A selection of poems by Kirsten Irving and Jon Stone. By Kirsten Irving and Jon Stone
Can we stop the government criminalising protest? With Jodie Beck of Liberty The Public Order Bill is a worrying assault on basic freedoms. By Adrian Bradley, Rachel Cunliffe and NS Podcasts
The welfare system is already stacked against the young The decision to remove housing benefit from the under-25s is just another item on the list of ways our… By Jon Stone
Memo to Fleet Street: it isn’t just the BBC that makes mistakes Before excoriating the BBC, the papers should recall their own recent errors. By Jon Stone
How much would Miliband’s living wage plans actually change? "Naming and shaming" employers who don't pay the living wage is likely to have disappointing results. By Jon Stone
Golden Dawn’s third place in the polls is not all it seems The party is only third because of the collapse of others around it. By Jon Stone
One Nation Labour looks more like West Germany than East If Cameron wants an accurate comparison for Labour's policies, he should look to modern Germany. By Jon Stone
Why the Tory right’s “growth plans“ won’t work Scrapping workers' rights and deregulating planning laws won't stimulate growth. By Jon Stone