What kind of state do we live in? Among other things Wikileaks revealed a secretive US electronic data gathering system called ‘Prism’ – operated by the Obama government’s National Security Agency (NSA) – which shared data with the GCHQ spy centre in Cheltenham.

The UK has some of the most stringent anti trade union laws in Europe, recourse to law is being restricted by cuts to legal aid and rights to demonstrate have been curtailed.  Is the state and its legal system neutral or is there a clear class bias?