Victoria Square – Birmingham 11am – 3pm. Ahead of the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, join thousands of working people as we march to call time on failed austerity and instead to campaign for a new deal for working people. R…Read more…
Conflicts of interest, alignment etc
Three sort of related thoughts that I have had recently, when thinking more about competing interests within the firm etc.
1. If there were really no tension between different interests (i.e. managers, workers, investors) then it should not matter who …Read more…
ANEURIN BEVAN Dealing with the Housing Shortage
Well said Nye in 1946. While nowadays we have not gone through anything like total war we are suffering from 8 years of Tory misrule on housing (in particular but also practically everything else. Have we ever had such a useless Government?)
Hat tip T…Read more…
Cut and paste hedge fund reporting, again
Back from holidays, so had a quick Google to see if I could find any of that pro forma stewardship reporting that I had been tracking. And, yes, there is more:
Altavista Capital:
Altavista Investment Management UK LLP manages or advises a number of f…Read more…
A bit more Chantal Mouffe
The excerpt below is from For A Left Populism. I found the book a bit underwhelming to be honest, but the idea of approaching politics as a radicalisation of democracy appeals to me. I’m particularly interested in how this would play out in corp gov / …Read more…
Driven to distraction
When Tan Rashid gets home after a shift the exhausted Middlesborough bus driver sits quietly in a dark room. Unite member Rashid said, “We have a high percentage of drivers who go off with…Read more…
‘On the right track’
The British press is the least trusted in Europe – even below non-EU countries such as North Macedonia and Serbia. This may not be a surprising statistic, given the British press’ massive…Read more…
My first Cawl
Off message. Ashamed to say that for the 1st time ever I cooked a traditional #Welsh #Cawl.
Salt Marsh Lamb, carrots, spuds, parsnips & of course leeks. Forgot the swede.
With wholemeal bread, welsh butter, caerphilly cheese…Read more…
Carillion ‘Ponzi scheme’
Unite called for a public inquiry into the collapse of Carillion and for it to cover the government’s approach to the awarding of contracts, following the Dispatches programme shown yesterday (August…Read more…
Cruel regime overhaul call
The taxpayer is estimated to be spending over a £100m a year on benefit appeals by sick and disabled people – even though more than two thirds of tribunals rule in favour of the claimant. The…Read more…
‘We’re not going anywhere’
TGI Fridays workers are set to continue in their fight for fair tips as they down tools over the bank holiday weekend. Workers at two TGI Fridays branches in Covent Garden in London and Milton…Read more…
‘I say join us’
TGI Fridays workers at Covent Garden, London and Milton Keynes will be striking for the fifth time this bank holiday weekend. Their colleagues at TGI Fridays in Stratford City, London will be joining…Read more…
‘Flagrant’ discrimination
In the 1950s and 60s, many people were unable to find housing through private landlords because they were black or Irish. While those days may be long gone, another form of housing discrimination is…Read more…
Review: We’ll Always Have Casablanca: The Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood’s Most Beloved Film, by Noah Isenberg
This is the story of Casablanca — where the story came from, how the film was made, and its “afterlife” right up until a Facebook post by Elizabeth Warren on a recent New…Read more…
Strike over Staffordshire University cheating low paid workers out of a decent pension
Good luck to UNISON members in Staffordshire University striking again tomorrow to save their pensions.
The University is planning to get rid of its existing pension scheme for its low paid workers and replace with a rubbish scheme that will mean they…Read more…
The generation gap
Young people in the South West are struggling in low-paid, insecure jobs as their older peers fare better, according to new TUC research showing a growing generational pay gap. The wage gap…Read more…
Flatlining wages
Average wages are still £13 a week lower than 10 years ago, according to new analysis from an economic think tank. Research from the Resolution Foundation shows average earnings in real terms…Read more…
Bolton hospital workers to ballot on action for pay parity
Wholly-owned subsidiary pays staff less than directly-employed workers after failing to implement NHS pay rise
The article Bolton hospital workers to ballot on action for pay parity first appeared…Read more…
‘Obvious’ conflict of interest
A court case that ultimately granted Uber back its London operating licence may have been compromised, following revelations over a conflict of interest that prompted the presiding magistrate to step…Read more…
End austerity call
The government today (August 21) announced its biggest budget surplus in nearly two decades – a development Unite says is proof that needless austerity must end. Experts had estimated a July…Read more…