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Llanwyfan – Penycloddiau Hill Fort Circular Walk

Dec 31, 2019By John's Labour blog

Off message but spent Christmas in North Wales visiting family. In between visits (and eating and drinking lots) Gill and I had some fantastic walks. We hired a cottage near Llanwyfan which is about 4 miles from Denbigh. There use to be a large TB hosp…Read more…

Dec 31, 2019John's Labour blog

TUC head calls on labour movement to pull together and avoid “self-pity” and “recriminations” in New Year message

Dec 30, 2019By John's Labour blog

“Working families won’t be sorry to see the back of the 2010s. It’s been a decade of austerity and pay stagnation – putting real pressure on family finances, the NHS and the public services we all rely on.

Looking to the next decade, we face big chal…Read more…

Dec 30, 2019John's Labour blog

Newham in east London has steepest house price rises of the century

Dec 29, 2019By John's Labour blog

Hat tip The Guardian. This is NOT a good thingRead more…

Dec 29, 2019John's Labour blog

The Death of Stalin

Dec 28, 2019By John's Labour blog

I watched “The Death of Stalin” on Netflix last night. It is billed as a comedy. While there are some comic moments it is not for the faint hearted. 
An account of a gangster state changing its leadership. I wonder how accurate it is? Strange to s…Read more…

Dec 28, 2019John's Labour blog

#NewhamDemocracyCommission Have you had your say?

Dec 27, 2019By John's Labour blog

Democracy and Civic Participation Commission – tell us what you think. To join the conversation online, and for full details of all events visit: https://www.newhamdemocracycommission.org/
#NewhamDemocracyCommission
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Dec 27, 2019John's Labour blog

Review: The War in the West, A New History: Volume 1: Germany Ascendant 1939-1941, by James Holland

Dec 27, 2019By Eric Lee

This is history on a grand scale. James Holland has limited himself to the war in the west, covering the period up to the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941. So in terms…Read more…

Dec 27, 2019Eric Lee

A Christmas gift from “Battling Bessie” Braddock

Dec 26, 2019By John's Labour blog

An early Christmas present were these historic Labour Party cuff links. My cousin is friends with an elderly Labour supporter in Dolgellau, North Wales who wanted me to have have them. Which is very kind of him.

What is particularly fascinating is tha…Read more…

Dec 26, 2019John's Labour blog

Turnout tales

Dec 26, 2019By Labour And Capital

If recent events tell us anything, it’s that voting matters… With that in mind this is a quick post on something that caught my eye this year: sharp changes in voting turnout at a number of companies. Some of the more striking examples have been at c…Read more…

Dec 26, 2019Labour And Capital

Merry Communist Christmas

Dec 25, 2019By John's Labour blog

Hap tip StroppyRead more…

Dec 25, 2019John's Labour blog

Newham’s Rough Sleeper Xmas Shelter

Dec 24, 2019By John's Labour blog

“Volunteers are hard at work putting the final festive touches to the rough sleepers Christmas Shelter which opens today in Stratford at 2pm. It’s the second year #Newham Council has supported the project run by Stratford Seventh Day Adventist Church a…Read more…

Dec 24, 2019John's Labour blog

A view from the right

Dec 23, 2019By John's Labour blog

Hap tip free markets think tank  CPS for this article by Glen O’Hara.

The real reasons Labour lost

Labour should not have lost this election. Only once before has any modern British government going for a fourth term won the approval of the vote…Read more…

Dec 23, 2019John's Labour blog

Pick of the bunch

Dec 23, 2019By UNITElive

As the year comes to a close we relive some of the many highlights UNITElive has covered.

The post Pick of the bunch appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…

Dec 23, 2019UNITElive

A view from the hard left

Dec 22, 2019By John's Labour blog

Hat tip my libel pal David Osland’s (seen here with me and his partner Cllr Stroppy) article in last weeks Telegraph.

“For the hard left – and yes, I’m proudly part of it – it’s time to wake up and smell the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign organic fairt…Read more…

Dec 22, 2019John's Labour blog

Check the small print before believing this government’s promises on workers’ rights

Dec 22, 2019By TUC blogs

A government desperate to brand itself as on the side of working people has delivered a Queen’s Speech that offers a fig-leaf of reform coupled with an attack on the best organisations to protect…Read more…

Dec 22, 2019TUC blogs

Beyond the North-South Divide: one size won’t fit all

Dec 22, 2019By TUC blogs

No more excuses – the new government must boost living standards for working families, rebuild our public services and invest in communities.Read more…

Dec 22, 2019TUC blogs

The reality about illegal evictions & criminal landlords

Dec 21, 2019By John's Labour blog

You wouldn’t believe a landlord would tell a family that they need to be evicted so s/he could hold a Christmas party?

Hat tip Nearly Legal

“The new government’s Queens Speech confirmed that there will be a Bill that will involve the ending…Read more…

Dec 21, 2019John's Labour blog

Preserving The Future Of Aluminium In Quebec.

Dec 20, 2019By Power In A Union

Major concerns about new  Canada, US, Mexico trade deal for Canadian aluminium industry. From the @steelworkers in Quebec Canada, December 19th, 2019.  Aluminum workers from the United Steelworkers…Read more…

Dec 20, 2019Power In A Union

Totally fed up of losing General Elections: UNISON NEC

Dec 20, 2019By John's Labour blog

On Wednesday there was a post general election meeting of the UNISON National Executive Committee at our headquarters in Euston. I hold one of the two elected NEC seats for UNISON members who work in the UK Voluntary Sector and Housing Associations.

T…Read more…

Dec 20, 2019John's Labour blog

A year in UNISON: 2019 reviewed – part one

Dec 20, 2019By Dave Prentis blog

A lot happened in the UK in 2019. But as usual, UNISON members stuck to their principles, kept their feet on the ground and scored some notable victories

The article A year in UNISON: 2019 reviewed…Read more…

Dec 20, 2019Dave Prentis blog

Contacting UNISON over the festive period

Dec 20, 2019By Dave Prentis blog

UNISONDirect hours over Christmas and the new year

The article Contacting UNISON over the festive period first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Dec 20, 2019Dave Prentis blog
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