Tom Brooks Pollock Articles

The success of groups like London Citizens comes at a time when people are shunning mainstream politics. How can community organising mesh with local politics?

Russia has received a lot of attention in the past month. This was mainly due to two events: Dmitry Medvedev succeeding Vladimir Putin as President, and Moscow hosting the Champions League
final between two English clubs, Manchester United and Chelsea.

Ok, it would be churlish not to mention a third event: the triumph of Russia’s Dima Bilan in the Eurovision song contest. The
‘Karachay-born heart-throb’ wiped the floor with Britain’s Andy Abraham
– who came joint last – amid widespread complaints of politically
motivated back-scratching among the former Soviet bloc. Our beloved
Terry Wogan has gained something like infamy in Russia for threatening to give up commentating on Eurovision.

Personality and mathematics mean that the 1 May elections might not mirror national politics

Tom Brooks Pollock reviews Nick Davies’ indictment of modern journalism