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NEW PODCAST: Post-Election Prospects For UK Unions

31/01/2020

How should unions engage with the new Conservative government? CONTINUE READING

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27 Rail Strike Days? How Did We Get To This?

4/12/2019

Ill-informed comment and political interference won’t solve this high-stakes dispute CONTINUE READING

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Misogyny – A Hate Crime In All But Name (to some)

2/11/2018

The deeply spurious nature of siphoning off misogyny from other  Hate Crimes can be found in the definitions of each term. When it comes to attacks on women because they are women, they are interchangeable. CONTINUE READING

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New Podcast: Battling Low Pay In British Theatres Matters To All Of Us

29/10/2018

Charlotte Bence (Equity) and Becky Wright (Unions21) recording our latest podcast In 1982, Colin Welland won the Oscar for best screenplay. The film, also winner of the Oscar for best picture, was Chariots of Fire. Welland accepted his award with the clarion call: “The British Are Coming!” Setting aside he historical contradiction – those words… CONTINUE READING

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Westminster Abuse: Time To Debunk False Roadblocks To Progress

18/10/2018

Would-be practical obstacles to the Cox report need recognising and debunking before they become a justification for doing nothing. CONTINUE READING

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With Friends Like Trump….

13/01/2018

Our interests are not protected by pretending that all is well in Washington, or by wilfully indulging the President’s repulsive excesses. CONTINUE READING

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“Betraying Everything They Stand For” – The True Cost Of Porn On Damian Green’s PC

4/12/2017

The real political question is what does the current leadership stand for? A bigger issue  perhaps than the fate of one politician, however senior. CONTINUE READING

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Lies, Damned Lies And Fake News

14/11/2017

Fabrication, dissembling, being “économique avec la vérité” is seeping into everyday discourse on a wider scale and to a greater extent. It’s time to stop the lies. CONTINUE READING

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Not Fit For Office? Then What Are The Options?

5/11/2017

It’s not been a great week for the mother of parliaments.  Sounds like we need a beefed up Committee for Standards in Public Life. They’ve a big job to do. CONTINUE READING

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Grenfell Tragedy: Lessons We Must Learn

16/06/2017

The time now must have come for housing itself to be like gas, electricity and water: A vital utility that is fundamental to a civic, decent, economically productive society. CONTINUE READING

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