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Today is Fat Cat Day, the day on which the High Pay Centre calculates that the average FTSE100 CEO has “earned” as much as someone on average earnings gets in a year.
As we’re focused on exec pay, I thought I’d contribute an update to a blog I wrote …Read more…
Yesterday, on a trip to China, the UK’s trade minister, Liam Fox, was asked about he possibility of Britain joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).Read more…
West Ham Labour Party January 2018 update
Dear Members
I hope that everyone had a refreshing break and are now ready to get involved and active in the local and national party.
West Hammers News
Newham Councillor Candidate’s selection meeting & …Read more…
Having fallen victim to “’flu’-like symptoms” I find myself laid up and that I therefore have time to think further a bit about the first phase of the Labour Party Democracy Review (about which I blogged a few days ago).
Perhaps the most entertaining f…Read more…
I have been meaning to post on this challenging but important article by Carl Roper on the TUC website Stronger Unions for a while. It is about the urgent need to recruit young union members and turn them into activists.
This is a criti…Read more…
By Martin Mayer, UK TUC delegate to EU Economic and Social Committee December 2017 “BREXIT means BREXIT?” Reality check on current status of the BREXIT negotiations On Friday 8th December, Theresa…Read more…
In effect, policymakers have given up on the idea of repairing the economy.Read more…
Over the New Year, a wave of protests has erupted in Iran, as people in towns all over the country took to the streets to air their grievances.Read more…
From Newham Recorder page 2 December 2017 see my previous post on the protest here. Apologises for the mangled english in my quote. Hopefully a typo. Read more…
Happy New Year!
A brisk walk along the beach to clear my head from the excesses of last night, leads to reflections on 2017 and thoughts for the year ahead.
The UK general election was obviously…Read more…
May you find your pot of gold in 2018. Then of course, immediately distribute it amongst the masses 🙂