Union City Glasgow
24 September 2017
Winning the 2014 Scottish referendum to keep Britain united set the scene for Brexit. Union City Glasgow was launched last weekend as a campaign to celebrate that anniversary.
Yorkshire Academy chain quits [updated]
15 September 2017
Wakefield City Academies Trust announced in early September that is pulling out of the 21 schools it runs. And in Bradford, a pathfinder acedemy is in special measures within three years of being rated outstanding.
Brexit Vote - no treachery required
12 September 2017
On 11 September Parliament voted for the EU Withdrawal Bill, which will end the supremacy of EU law in the UK. That's another important milestone, but the British people need to keep politicians' feet to the Brexit fire.
RMT challenges TUC General Secretary on the EU
12 September 2017
The RMT union continues to challenge the TUC’s favourable and unrealistic view of the EU. The TUC believes that the single market is good for British workers and that the UK can remain in it after Brexit. Neither is true.
Cuba responds to Hurricane Irma
12 September 2017
In the wake of Hurricane Irma President Raul Castro called on Cubans on Monday to unite in swiftly rebuilding the country. At the same time Cuba is providing neighbouring islands with medical aid.
Food sector targets new international customers
12 September 2017
Post-Brexit, food and drink firms are targeting international customers, with expected growth in sales and employment according to a recent report.
No to war on Korea
11 September 2017
US and British diplomats are leading the charge for war against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the pretext of trying to find a peaceful solution, but are in reality preparing for war.
Royal Navy’s new warships to be built all around the UK
7 September 2017
New Royal Navy warships will be built around Britain, using a lower cost design us part of the national shipbuilding strategy announced by the Ministry of Defence.
Expand support for training, says UK Chamber of Shipping
6 September 2017
Britain’s shipping employers want a big boost to the number of officer cadets training in this country.
Let's Brexit together
4 September 2017
No politician can guarantee Brexit. Only the vigilance of the people can guarantee a democratic decision is pursued to its conclusion.
Manufacturing growth gathers pace
4 September 2017
Defying talk of a slowdown and media obsessions of Brexit uncertainty, manufacturing growth in Britain is gathering pace.
Nissan boost ignored by Remain press
3 September 2017
News of a massive boost for jobs and the motor industry from Nissan failed to make the main Remain newspapers – or the BBC’s website.
Fight the fees? There’s no time like the present
Students facing a working lifetime of debt are up against the clock. They must use their time at university to demand the abolition of tuition fees – and force their vice-chancellors to join them in the fight…
Paying the price of the European Union
It’s become a mantra, endlessly repeated by the TUC: “Workers must not pay the price of Brexit.” What price would that be? And how about acknowledging the price of staying in the EU?
Migration and control
We’ve had a government policy paper over free movement. But we still need clarity…
Brexit: re-start the campaigns
25 August 2017
Sections of the establishment are regrouping to prevent a clean departure from the EU. Once again working people will have to put real pressure on the political class of Britain.
Start the skills upgrade now
Instead of plugging skills gaps by sucking in people from abroad we have to create and implement a long-term plan for our future that develops streams of skilled people for industries, energy, transportation, services and health care
At last - a strategy for shipbuilding
There was a time when the term “industrial strategy” would simply bring sneers from government. The vote to leave the EU has changed all that. The first clear product is a plan for Britain’s shipbuilding industry…
Government scraps electrification plans
Beset by EU-dictated cost rises, the transport secretary is cancelling a raft of plans to extend electrification across the rail network. The move has sparked fierce opposition, and not a little ridicule…
Research and division
British universities have been doing well out of EU funding – but at a cost for everyone else…
NHS pay battle falters
More and more staff at Barts Health are seeing the importance of protecting Agenda for Change rates…
The Long March (1934-35)
24 August 2017
On 16 October 1934, about 100,000 men and women in China’s Red Army broke out of their surrounded soviet base. Their extraordinary year-long march to the other end of China changed not only the balance of forces in China but also the world.
New strikes over guards
The RMT has called further strikes in Southern, Arriva Rail Northern and Merseyrail in September over the future of train guards.
Government backing EU-Ukraine deal
Despite the vote to leave the European Union, the government is still facilitating EU interference in Ukraine.
CEO pay: out of all proportion
The ratio of pay between the average top FTSE 100 Chief Executive Officer pay and the average worker now stands at 129:1.
Brexit: Remainers want it clean
Most Remain voters now want Britain to take control of its borders, end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice and pay little or nothing to leave the EU, according to a survey.
Food: McDonald’s strike vote
24 August 2017
Workers at two McDonald’s outlet are to go on strike on 4 September in a dispute that centres around union recognition, cuts to hours and bullying linked to union membership.
Insurance: death bonanza
People are dying quicker than expected – meaning higher dividends to shareholders, as one leading insurance company has noted.
Downward spiral
With 20:20 hindsight, a former chairman of the Financial Services Authority looks at debt…and the EU
Free movement? More a free ride for universities
Academics complain that their wages have been capped since 2008, and they’re right. But they don’t seem to be applying their collective intellect to working out why…