Shameless Theresa May has ruled out installing worker representatives on company boards, just four months after her pledge to do so. The Prime Minister, who after her appointment as Tory…Read more…
Lessons unlearned
Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the UK will have the “lowest corporate tax rate in the G20” ahead of her government’s first Autumn Statement, while Chancellor Philip Hammond hinted that…Read more…
And the con goes on…
Unite warned of a continuing con trick as it responded to prime minister Theresa May’s speech to the Conservative Party conference today (Wednesday October 5). Responding to May’s first…Read more…
Red Tories are trying to “nationalise without compensation” the £130 Billion Local Government Pension Scheme
I do sometimes wonder whether Communist Soviet Union “sleeper agents” in the Conservative Party have been “activated” since 2015?
The recent announcement of Government guidance that directs UK Council pension schemes to only invest…Read more…
Cameron quits
David Cameron has stood down as the MP for Witney with immediate effect, two months after resigning as prime minister. The former Conservative leader’s legacy will be defined by his unleashing…Read more…
‘Don’t be fooled’
Theresa May’s new head of policy has drawn up plans to cut workers’ rights, and lower wages for employees in poor areas, despite the Prime Minister’s inaugural pledge to help working people rather…Read more…
Labour pulls back from the abyss
I was so, so relieved to hear tonight that the Labour Party NEC has decided that the elected Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will be on the ballot paper for the forthcoming leadership challenge.
I honesty feared that the Party would implode if this did n…Read more…
Enter, stage right: Workers on boards
“I want to see changes in the way that big business is governed. The people who run big businesses are supposed to be accountable to outsiders, to non-executive directors, who are supposed to ask the difficult questions, think about the long term and defend the interests of shareholders. In…Read more…
Who’s bankrolling the Tory Party?
Greedy Conservatives have received more donations this year than all the other political parties combined, new figures from the Electoral Commission show. Of the almost £12m reported to the…Read more…
Cameron’s ‘bare cupboard’
The annual Queen’s Speech should ostensibly lay out the government’s forthcoming legislative agenda, but today’s Speech – dominated by meaningless rhetoric and peppered with a shameless rehashing of…Read more…
‘Dog-whistle’ racism claim
The Conservative party is regularly beset by allegations of racism against its MPs, councillors and candidates but even the most offensive comments rarely result in serious disciplinary action, a…Read more…
‘Thumbs-up’ Tory shame
Gloating Tory councillors have shamelessly posed for a ‘thumbs up photo’ right in front of a children’s centre they’ve axed to save cash. Portsmouth council leader Donna Jones, children and…Read more…
As reviled as Thatcher?
Desperate David Cameron is terrified that he will be as reviled as Margaret Thatcher in the history books because of the Conservative’s bungling of the steel crisis and has ordered his…Read more…
A perfect storm ahead
There is a global power elite that owe no loyalty to nation states. They owe no loyalty to our health service, our education system or even our industrial heartlands. They don’t use them and…Read more…
Latest statement from David Cameron on “morally wrong” tax evasion
Love it 🙂 #resigncameronRead more…
Brexit won’t save UK steel – The government could already do much more within the EU
Tata Steel, the second largest steel producer in Europe, employs thousands of British workers. Its plan to sell its UK assets has kicked the UK’s steel industry crisis up a gear, with up to 40,000…Read more…
For the future of our communities
Tens of thousands of skilled defence jobs are at risk from an ‘unpatriotic’ purchasing strategy that sees increasing amounts of UK defence expenditure flow to the US. That was the message from…Read more…
Cameron’s EU Deal… What’s So Special?
Well, BBC Breakfast this morning has wall to wall coverage of the UK’s Special Status in the EU. Cameron has triumphantly marched back from Brussels telling us he has secured a deal that lets us stay…Read more…
Don’t let British democracy die
Do you vote? Perhaps you feel that marking your X won’t make any difference. It may be you are one of nearly a million people who have gone missing since the way we register to vote was…Read more…
Caledonia update
Just to clear up the mystery of those donations tagged to the Conservative Party that I blogged about last year, I’ve had the email below from the Electoral Commission. Basically the Tories mucked up their admin –
Dear Mr Powdrill, You contacted…Read more…