The official judgement in April that the 96 Hillsborough victims had been killed unlawfully opened up the prospect of South Yorkshire Police...

Leaders of England's NHS just slammed the government's underfunding of the service, insisting that it's make-or-break time. NHS Providers speaks for...

British citizens have come to expect that politicians will usually avoid giving straight answers to important questions. And on 9...

I'm normally a pretty passive viewer of BBC Question Time. And I'd rarely reach the point of shouting at the TV....

Whenever gender equality is discussed, religious, scientific, and sexist ideas tend to clash. But how many male-female differences are down to genetics? And...

On 6 September, undisclosed government plans to increase the number of grammar schools in Britain were exposed. Right on the doorstep...

It's generally accepted that women suffer the most from austerity. But now, it looks like some of the most vulnerable...

On 31 August, the BBC reported on how £42m worth of cocaine had been found at a Coca-Cola plant in...

On 31 August, Brazil's senate officially voted to impeach the country's democratically elected president. She and her supporters have called it a...

A Guardian correspondent in Mexico who exposed an instance of apparent government corruption recently received death threats - presumably from regime...

Voices on the left of British politics have already condemned the apparent Labour purge against potential Jeremy Corbyn voters in this year's leadership...

At the Labour leadership hustings in Glasgow on 25 August, a number of important (and not so important) issues were discussed....

Off The Perch has been busily hovering over Labour's Battle Royale in recent weeks, and our efforts appear to be paying...

On 16 August, The Times alleged that political songwriter Billy Bragg had now turned on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a man...

On 7 August, comedian John Oliver spoke on his show Last Week Tonight about how "the newspaper industry today is...

Off the Perch has been required, under a new government wheeze, to employ at least one right-wing writer. Frank Lee-Bull has...

On 12 August, Daesh (Isis/Isil) suffered a massive setback in Syria. After a 73-day battle, it lost the city of Manbij...