Jury service has been part of creating consent for the system's legitimacy. But it affords juries the power to act according conscience and they have a history of acquitting defendants in political trials. This right is under attack.

The edifices of political liberalism are disappearing and the ability to criticise governments and speak the truth is being criminalised. Free speech is being suppressed by a wide variety of institutional means to narrow the window of permitted discourse.

Lorry drivers face multiple problems at work. Among them are; pressure of traffic, lack of facilities for breaks, surveillance by employers, health and safety and an uncertain future.

Britain's nuclear weapons capability remains warlike, expensive and tied to US and NATO priorities.

Academia's role in shaping policy and supporting the drive to war.

Labour and the Tories cannot resolve the contradictions of neo-liberalism which increasingly alienate them from the electorate - the central contradiction being that they expect people to vote for them while giving them nothing in return apart from declining living standards and decaying services.

Immigrants are essential to the functioning of advanced capitalist countries as a source of exploitation and profit.