Exclusive: the moment and real reason Karie Murphy lost her LOTO position
Labour Chief of Staff’s change of role – the media spin and the reality The mainstream media – heavily briefed by politicians close to John McDonnell – have constructed a […]
Tag Archives: TUC
Showstopper Beckett takes on ‘car-crash’ Thornberry to demand support for Corbyn on Brexit
Unite deputy general secretary describes Thornberry’s full-remain position as a ‘car crash’ and brings house down with speech backing Corbyn on Brexit Unite’s deputy general secretary Howard Beckett has brought […]
(Video) Labour preparing most exciting manifesto in party’s history
“Because we know whose side we’re on” Jeremy Corbyn’s speech today to the TUC in Brighton hinted at what Labour insiders say will be the most exciting general election manifesto […]
We did it – Tories now spanked by UKSA for blatant ESA distortion
Thanks to Mike Sivier of the outstanding Vox Political blog for drawing my attention to this. I’ve been snowed under all week and had missed it – and it’s too […]
DWP spanked by UKSA. Please help obtain a repeat for its ESA stats abuse
The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) has issued a new rebuke to the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for its abuse of statistics to misrepresent the effects of its benefits […]
An appeal to police for 20 October and beyond
Back in June, I wrote an article titled ‘A lesson for police and public from the 1919 Liverpool police strike‘, which was quite widely read by both police officers/workers and […]
I’m not in a union. Don’t work in the public sector. Why I’ll be at the TUC’s ‘Future that Works’ march on 20 Oct
I’m not a member of any union and never have been. I don’t work in the public sector, and never have – although I’m married to a nurse. I work […]
What the SW NHS cartel REALLY thinks about staff, unions – and Treasury ‘theft’
I’ve come across an interesting email among the FOI disclosures from the member Trusts of the South-West NHS pay cartel. I believe that this is the first time that it […]
Tory all-out war on the NHS (but blink and you might miss it!)
I’m hard-pressed to know how to start this post without sounding melodramatic. Ah, screw it – I’m just going to tell it how I see it. In the last week, […]