The five biggest issues Men in the UK are facing this International Men’s Day

Opinion: Why International Men's Day? As a leading bisexual activist I usually write on the issues that bi men face, but as November 19th is International Men's Day, all men, no matter their sexuality, race, religion or politics must discuss the issues that impact us collectively. It could be argued that men so rarely have the talking stick to discuss the unique issues facing their gender, so this International Men's Day I wanted to examine the five issues I feel...

Following sexual harassment scandal in Parliament – UK needs urgent review of laws that discriminate against women

In recent weeks, a tide of allegations about sexual harassment and violence have engulfed the Palace of Westminster, with numerous stories emerging of women being subjected to abuse by men in senior positions on both sides of the political spectrum. The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour are all running investigations into various charges of sexually inappropriate behaviour by MPs and other party members. They are also examining claims that previous reports were brushed under the carpet by top officials. The...

The irony of the celebrity shoe auction

We are in the 8th year of the celebrity shoe auction, now the biggest in the world, with more A-listers taking part in our small charity’s fundraiser than Comic Relief. How? Almost a decade ago when I founded Small Steps Project, helping children surviving off landfill sites, Celebrity endorsed charity events and paraphernalia were not quite as popular as they are today. Many celebrity events these days cost as much as they raise. The infamous Red Campaign by Bono raised...

The history of King Arthur was modelled upon the life of Jesus

The 12th century story of King Arthur and his gallant knights is complex, frustrating, and fraught with contradictions and impossibilities. Very few of the names and events recorded in these chronicles exist in the historical record, and so the text represents a huge historical crossword puzzle that is almost impossible to crack. But how can we derive an answer for two-down in this puzzle, if we have not discovered the solution for five-across? Arthurian history is traditionally set in the...

Arm yourself – there is a new war, and we’re losing it

Arm yourself. There is a war raging across our information systems. Whilst no bombs are being dropped, the impacts of this war will have far reaching consequences. At the same time Donald Trump was elected president of the United States of America, 2016 witnessed the rise of populist and extremist movements all over the globe. The success of many of these causes, groups and individuals came as an unexpected surprise, even a shock. Many asked ‘how could this happen?’ In...

Exclusive: Britain’s prisons have become a revolving door for offenders

Britain's prison have become a revolving door for offenders because they're too overcrowded to work as effective forms of rehabilitation. In a scathing interview with The London Economic former prison officer Paul Ward said prisons "do not rehabilitate the vast majority of offenders", merely acting as a way of "keeping people out of harms way for a length of time". Despite the efforts of the staff on the front line prison officers are largely powerless to rehabilitate inmates in a meaningful way because...

We are sick of excuses for high drug prices charged to NHS

Treatments for cancer, arthritis and multiple sclerosis (MS) are among drugs costing the cash-strapped NHS over a billion pounds a year - despite public funding playing a substantial role in the medicines’ development. Our new joint report with Global Justice Now, Pills and Profits: How drug companies make a killing out of public research shines a light on the level of UK public money used to develop new drugs - with two out of five of the NHS’s most expensive...

I was a slave for 13 years in Cambridge and in London- help me save girls from my fate

Around the world around 46 million people are trapped in some form of slavery - the equivalent to the entire population of Spain. Sexual exploitation counts for 54% of all human trafficking victims. As Rebecca Mott’s astonishingly candid story reveals, slavery is actually very close to home. And we can all make a difference to end it.  "For me slavery means when you are doing something against your will - where somebody is controlling you, exploiting you for their gain. You...

FTS100 companies need to do more to protect women and girls from sex trafficking

The plight of human trafficking victims is being highlighted on Wednesday, October 18th, for Anti-Slavery Day. The UK government estimates that at least 13,000 people across Britain are trapped in modern slavery although police say the figure is likely to be much higher. Kevin Hyland, Britain's anti-slavery tsar, agrees in his annual report that the estimate is too low, and the true number is in the tens of thousands. In 2015, Britain passed the Modern Slavery Act, ushering in the...

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