Ahead of the second anniversary of the Sumburgh offshore helicopter tragedy, Unite has called on the UK government to urgently revisit the recommendation of the previous parliament’s Transport Select…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn and Michael Foot must be seen in Context.
There is criticism of the movement to elect Jeremy Corbyn that wants to relate it with Michael foot.The question is a contextual issue. The attempt is to disrupt or block the candidature by taking…Read more…
Meals of justice
Congratulations to Unite organiser Ewa Jasiewicz and the Unite activists who staged the first ‘Meal of Justice’ at Pizza Express recently. As part of the campaign to get Pizza Express to…Read more…
Gas bills a lot of hot air?
With wholesale gas price close to hitting record lows, will the energy giants pass on savings in lower bills or bank higher profits? For some, it might still be a question of ‘heat or…Read more…
‘Teetering on edge of abyss’
Workers from nine sub-contracting companies will be staging a wave of industrial action in the escalating dispute at Sellafield in Cumbria to improve health and safety and productivity at the nuclear…Read more…
Can the leadership debate re-engage Labour supporters?
It is sad to see process overtaking politics in the Labour leadership debate, especially because the campaign had at least contained something about visions and policies and how best to deliver on…Read more…
Edinburgh Festivals 3. Sin, Dystopia and Scotland
…and this is the two of the other reviews from Saturday’s Morning Star article (see previous blog). (The other one was in my first Edinburgh blog.)
Paul Bright’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner….Read more…
Newham Overview & Scrunity “Call in” on SPV – 6.30pm Monday 24 August 2015
Tomorrow evening at Committee Room 1, East Ham Town Hall, members of Newham Council Overview & Scrutiny will debate a request from a Cllr that up to £500,000 should not yet be spent on a proposed Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for its staff pension fund.
Cllr Farah Nazeer has asked that this…Read more…
Lord Sainsbury to fund new political organisation? – Egress to replace Progress
I’m not sure that any of what follows is true and urge caution to all readers.
Sources close to right-wing Blairite group “Progress” have allegedly revealed that their funder, Lord Sainsbury, will be funding a new organisation (“Egress”) intended to capture and develop their brilliance.
The…Read more…
UK car output up – and down
By David Bailey, Professor of Industry at Aston Business School After its best first half year in ages, UK car and engine manufacturing took something of a hit last month, as annual summer shutdowns…Read more…
Campaign to Bring Back British Rail:
LAST Wednesday the Financial Times published a comment piece by John Kay describing the purported benefits of rail privatisation since 1997. He is a prominent and respected business economist who…Read more…
Companies with links to Tories ‘have won £1.5bn worth of NHS contracts’
Unite research claims 24 MPs and peers who backed health reforms have links to 15 private healthcare companies Matthew Taylor Private companies with financial links to Tory politicians have won NHS…Read more…
The Sandino commitment and People’s Dignity:
On August 21, 2005,The historic Sandino commitment was made during the live program, cementing Cuba and Venezuela’s collaboration in restoring the sight of millions. Announcement coincides with the…Read more…
Austerity is a Political Choice not Economic Necessity
By Prue Plumridge Last week Matthew Lyn (a columnist for Bloomberg) wrote in an article published in Money Week that, “the policies on offer under Corbynomics would quickly ruin the economy”. This…Read more…
Labour ballot: The curious case of the Tory and the vote
Andy Burnham has expressed concerns that Tories may have been given votes in the Labour leadership election and many in Corbyn’s camp have been quick to dismiss this as scaremongering, or as means to…Read more…
Beware the spellchecker!… the real names of those Acts! – Edinburgh 2, Steel, Science and Beefheart
This weekend’s Morning Star has published three of my Edinburgh festival reviews edited into one article. It is here. It is a masterpiece of compilation and compaction, and I have the utmost respect…Read more…
Dangerous Situation on Korea Peninsula
U.S. Is the Threat to Peace on the Korean Peninsula! End U.S. War Games Now! No to U.S. Nuclear Blackmail! Tensions are rising on the Korean Peninsula because of the massive U.S. war exercises known…Read more…
Labour’s new McCarthyism is already beyond a joke
MARK STEEL (second from left), canvassing for Labour. But denied a vote in leadership contest.
AS left-wing maverick Jeremy Corbyn continues his amazing race towards the Labour…Read more…
Checking for discrimination in selection
There are many situations, from recruitment to promotion to redundancies, where employers make selections between people. You often hear people talking about the importance of doing “Equality Impact Assessments” and checking for discrimination, but I’v…Read more…
Labour Party Leadership discourse
Last Saturday I was in North Wales and went out for an evening meal and family get together in a small bistro restaurant in Ruthin, Denbighshire called “On the Hill”. There was 6 of us aged 25 to 74 sitting in a private table in the corner away from ot…Read more…