I met up last week with a UNISON member and former work colleague. We meet 3-4 times a year for a meal and chat about politics and trade unions. He sent me this book by Paul Embery and we are planning to discuss it next time we meet. I will post …Read more…
Building the Baseline: Breaking the Class Barrier
I am part of the taskforce (which is now winding down) from the Local Government Pension Fund Forum. If we continue to prevent talented working class employees from senior positions in our financial services industry then this will have an impact…Read more…
What a great photo of Black and White East End kids in the 1930s
Crown Street, Canning Town, 1930s. Hat tip Newham History Society facebook page “Your periodic reminder, Britain’s multicultural history is working class history”. Mary Evans Picture Library.
This is a fabulous picture in so many way but I espec…Read more…
‘Not just of kings and queens’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey will tonight be calling for the story of Peterloo to be taught in schools, in a speech at a special pre-screening of a new Mike Leigh film that dramatises the…Read more…
My first Cawl
Off message. Ashamed to say that for the 1st time ever I cooked a traditional #Welsh #Cawl.
Salt Marsh Lamb, carrots, spuds, parsnips & of course leeks. Forgot the swede.
With wholemeal bread, welsh butter, caerphilly cheese…Read more…
‘Two-tier system’
Half of working people in the UK believe coming from a working class background and having a regional accent are impediments to success, according to a new survey that found working class…Read more…
Has Labour betrayed the Working Class?
I am not really into so called “betrayal politics” but recently I had a disagreement over the cause of the relative decline in support for Labour by some white working class voters.
East European Immigration was given as the reason.
I argued that i…Read more…
“I am proud to be a trade unionist, to be a member of the Labour Party and to be a socialist”
Well said Dennis.Read more…