Harlem versus ‘Manhattanville’

Yesterdays Guardian offered a rare insight into the class war across the water, and in particular the expansionist activities of Columbia University into Harlem.

This quote gives a flavour of the issues “I have seen the university systematically erode diversity by driving out people of colour and the poor, and replace it with a aterile [...]

‘Representative’ Democracy?

There is a huge amount of talk about Gordon Brown calling a snap general election.
If he does, this blog will be approaching each of the major parties, to ask how many of their candidates went to Eton, how many went to public schools, and how many now send their children to such schools.
All [...]