Why Brian May is backing Louise Irvine, and why Hunt could be facing a Portillo moment PRESS RELEASE to local press this week. Why Brian May is backing Louise Irvine – and why Hunt could be facing a…Read more…
Leave our Kids EDUCATION ALONE!
What is the NUT’s view on Academy schools? The NUT opposes Academy status. It believes that Academies have a damaging impact on children teachers and the whole community. These are summarised below…Read more…
mortgage approvals down 16 per cent on last year.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders have released figures for February 2015. Its bad news for would-be home-owners as the number of mortgages approved continues to decline (see CML chart below). The latest figure of 40,600 approvals is 1 per cent lower than January but a whopping 16 per cent lower…Read more…
Saying goodbye to Checkoff
The end of the month will see the last deduction of union subs straight from our pay. Make sure you don’t also say goodbye to your union membership – the only way to do that is to get…Read more…
“Whatever its make-up, the new government must reconsider the request by UK Coal for State Aid.”
“Whatever its make-up, the new government must reconsider the request by UK Coal for State Aid.” The NUM and its remaining 2,000 members are obviously aggrieved by the unfairness of the situation that the government has refused to invest in a future for the Deep Coal Mining Industry, even though…Read more…
Housing Demonstration:
Demonstrators Take Fight against the National Homelessness Scandal to Downing Street Hundreds took part in a mass rally outside Downing Street on April 15, as part of March for the Homeless 2015, an…Read more…
The Right to Housing Is an Election Issue Part 3.
The Right to Housing Is an Election Issue Part 3 – The monopolisation of the housing market by big investors (Parts 1 and 2 appeared in WWIE Volume 45, Numbers 7 and 8) A recent article in the…Read more…
Conservatives now make the astounding claim to be the Party of the Working Class!
David Cameron and the Conservatives have declared that they are the Party of Working People! The basis for this claim in their manifesto is their “aim”, or so they say, which is to guarantee a…Read more…
VOTE FOR CANDIDATES WHO OPPOSE AUSTERITY & STAND FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL!:
Austerity:
Foreword Austerity isn’t working Why inequality has to be addressed Society is too important to fail: There is an alternative Conclusion: Read more on IOWTUC website (full article) click :…Read more…
New Website for Isle of Wight Trades Union Councils:
At a recent meeting of the IOWTUC (Wednesday, 25th March) a decision was taken to create a new Internet blog for the Association of Local Trades Councils. RTUC is a member organisation of IOWTUC and…Read more…
Attlee and Cameron may both have enjoyed no interest rate rise but there is one key difference: Attlee’s policies were successful
Yesterday the Bank of England left interest rates unchanged, generating a flurry of commentary on how rates have been unchanged for the whole parliament, and looking back to the Attlee government when rates were last unchanged over a parliament. For Ca…Read more…
Easter marches draw thousands around Germany:
‘Fascism, never again – war, never again’ People across Germany have taken to the streets, usually of major cities, over the Easter weekend to campaign for world peace. The…Read more…
Mansions debunked
The question of houses worth more than £2 million is currently in the news. To read some of the more florid press coverage you might think that we are all in danger of finding that our homes have accidently become mansions – this is simply nonsense of course. To get a quick shot of…Read more…
Greece Nazi occupation: Athens asks Germany for €279bn
The Greek government says Germany owes Greece nearly €279bn (£204bn; $303bn) in war reparations for the Nazi occupation during World War Two. It is the first time Greece has officially calculated…Read more…
The Deficit Myth:
Ramesh Patel. Finally! Exposed! The Deficit Myth! So, David Cameron When Are You Going to Apologise? Posted: 24/10/2012 14:52 BST Updated: 03/04/2015 11:59 BST “A lie gets halfway around the…Read more…
Teachers to Ballot for Strike Action:
Teachers to ballot over school funding walk-out Teachers have backed calls for a ballot on strike action over shortfalls to school funding in England and Wales. The National Union of Teachers claims…Read more…
Political Parties Gather in Mexico:
Ninth International Seminar “Parties and a New Society” Political Parties Gather in Mexico to Deliberate on Unfolding Developments From March 12 to 14, the Ninth International Seminar…Read more…
Quebec: Brutal Police Assault on Protesters
Denounce Brutal Police Assault on Protesters! Montreal Police and Couillard Government Must Be Held to Account! – Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec – The Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec…Read more…
Nearly There! : If you can help: Just a bit more of a push: Crowdfunding-Projekts unserer Jugendgruppe ‘Ubi Youth – Jugendtheater Leipzig’.
Ubiquity Theatre Company (Leipzig) Crowdfunding-Projekts unserer Jugendgruppe ‘Ubi Youth – Jugendtheater Leipzig‘. Today we were in the LVZ over our youth group ‘Ubi youth…Read more…