The Democrats’ permanent war
Happy that Joe Biden is US president? Just remember, he was Obama’s vice-president for the full eight years. And look what happened then…
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1945: Labour’s foreign policy
The end of the Second World War could have ushered in a progressive foreign policy for Britain. Labour ensured that it didn’t…
Free trade threat to farming [updated]
British farmers are concerned at the implications of a trade deal “in principle” with Australia agreed on 15 June and being rushed through by the government.
Rail: at heart, no change [print version]
The Williams–Shapps Plan for Rail – a government White Paper – has finally been published. And like too many of Britain’s trains, it arrived very late and was truly underwhelming.
Switzerland - EU rebuffed [print version]
To the delight of the country’s leading trade union federation, the Swiss government has abandoned talks with the EU over replacing its 120-odd treaties with Brussels with one overarching “framework” agreement.
See you in court, says EU
Unable to exert authority through its control of purse strings and keeping everyone else in the dark, the EU is taking legal action against its own member states.
No return to the Middle Ages
The shocking events at Batley Grammar School in March this year should alert us to the constant need to defend the principle that we are a secular society.
Scotland: Abellio fight continues
Further strikes have been taking place in the long-running dispute between ticket examiners and conductors in Scotland and their employer, Abellio Scotrail.
HGV drivers: Why the shortage?
The Road Haulage Association has reported that there are currently 70,000 vacancies for HGV drivers, a shortage of “catastrophic proportions”. There’s a simple remedy…
Fighting for Glasgow's libraries
On Saturday 5 June trade unions and local communities came together in a rally in George Square in central Glasgowin a united display of anger at Glasgow City Council – and its “arms-length” cultural body Glasgow Life.
Workers want cleaner air -- but not Birmingham ULEZ scheme
11 June 2021
Charges of £8 a day for drivers of highly polluting vehicles in Birmingham's Ultra Low Emission Zone are to be enforced from Monday 14 June. The zone includes some of Birmingham’s most deprived neighbourhoods.
Free speech has to be defended
28 May 2021
The report into events at Batley Grammar School in March has lifted supensions on the teachers involved. But it does not deal with the threat to free speech and educations posed by the fundamentalist demonstrations.