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The Poet
In the Rotunda where once Lincoln and Kennedy lay in state rioters carrying confederate flags spat in the eyes of democracy. He craved power. The flames of sedition lit by a crowd dangerously devoted…Read more…
LAPFF webinar highlights video 2020 Dec 2-4
Check out highlights of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum virtual conference for 2020 (only 1 minute 40 secs). Despite the challenges of online webinars there was a number of excellent speakers and lively panel debates.
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Trump is Going! Best Birthday Present Ever!
I would like to thank the people of America for giving me today the best birthday pressie ever!
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Hey guys!!! it’s Dettol o’clock!!!
The latest idiocy from the “leader” of the free world. The BBC reports that disinfectant firms have had to issue public warnings that people should not inject or drink their products to treat Covid-19.
Hat tip my UNISON comrade, Eddie Brand, who as th…Read more…
UNISON will stand up to ‘laddism and misogyny’ typified by Trump and Johnson
Dave Prentis speaks at UNISON national women’s conference
The article UNISON will stand up to ‘laddism and misogyny’ typified by Trump and Johnson first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Shadow Commander: Iran’s Military Mastermind
Check out this BBC documentary from February last year (on BBC iPlayer for 26 days). I suggest you watch if interested in the current crisis (and history of region) following the killing of General Qassem Suleimani by the Americans last week.
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Protect NHS from US takeover
Our NHS is not for sale
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Delegates warned of Trump threat to the NHS
Assistant general secretary Christina McAnea address disabled members and urges them to tell people to consider public services when they decide how to vote in December’s general election
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D-Day 75th Anniversary – Democratic Band of Brothers V Fascists
I posted this on the 65th anniversary on 6 June 2009. The current President of the United States is of course a rich draft dodger which in no way diminished the courage of the young Americans who died far from home on this day.
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Government must reject US corporate predators eyeing-up the NHS
Reacting to Donald Trump’s supposed NHS U-turn, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Donald Trump has shown he is willing to play games with the future of the NHS and the government’s weakness…Read more…
NHS can’t be a post-Brexit bargaining chip for trade deals, says UNISON
Move would undermine efforts to roll back health service marketisation
The article NHS can’t be a post-Brexit bargaining chip for trade deals, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
May is bloomin’ magic as our wins grow
From Birmingham to Bangor, from Doncaster to Sandwell, UNISON members were winning in May – and their union was growing stronger too
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Blog: Taking on Trump and his hateful ideology
If this government had any backbone at all, they’d be standing up to Trump and his hateful ideology, not rolling out the red carpet for him.
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A historical perspective on Trump, Lies and Truth
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Blog: Standing against hate in all its forms
At a time when our values are under fire, we must take every opportunity to oppose peddlers of bigotry, and attacks on the powerful diversity of our country – and UNISON will take a leading role in…Read more…
No mention of equality in Brexit white paper is “shocking and shameful”
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has described the government’s failure to mention equalities in the Brexit white paper as shocking and shameful at its annual women’s conference today…Read more…
There should be no open arms welcome for Donald Trump
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “There should be no open arms welcome for Donald Trump. When running for the White House he made the most appalling sexist and racist comments, and…Read more…
‘Yes we can!’ UNISON Black members stress the need to fight back
Opening speeches to 2017 Black members’ conference come as Donald Trump is made US president, but members vow not to let bigotry win
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F**K Trump and join the United Nations Associations UK
In a very clever and timely email this evening the United Nations Association UK send me the following unsolicited email.
“Dear John,
I would like to invite you to become a member of the United Nations Association – UK, a movement of over 20,000…Read more…