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The battle for British fishing
As both the EU and the UK government seek to thwart the results of the biggest democratic decision in our history, it is time to take stock of where we are, and how we can preserve and develop fishing…
Build the boats here!
Britain’s fishing fleet needs new boats, and skilled workers. Some 60 per cent of our fishing fleet has been scrapped over the years.
Time for action
All political parties have shown themselves ready to sell out fishing at the merest hint from their Brussels controllers.
Stop the rail sell-offs!
Even the government admits the rail system is a mess. Its solution could make matters worse…
The EU's hand in the privatisation of rail
The fragmentation of Britain’s railways has its roots in an EEC directive (91/440/EEC) handed down in 1991. This directive decreed the separation of infrastructure from train operations, with the express purpose of creating a competitive market. It was the blueprint used by John Major for the Conservative government’s privatisation of Britain’s railways from 1994 to 1996.
Labour joins the fragmentation game
The Labour Party is mired in monumental confusion over the future direction of the railways. Nationally, its policy is to return the railways to public ownership and control. But since privatisation, whenever it has been in power, it has done the reverse.
Overdue questions for the NHS
Change is in the air in the NHS, with its most senior managers reportedly pressing for repeal of the destructive Health and Social Care Act. And there are new calls to stop looting doctors and nurses from abroad…
Cold winds for offshore jobs
The lack of Scottish jobs in its burgeoning offshore wind farm sector has been highlighted.
The gathering global slump
The June 2016 referendum result was entirely rational. It represented a sophisticated view of the connection between economics and politics.…
Education: College pay strike
Wolverhampton College staff have been taking to the picket lines across three college sites in a dispute over pay.
Frexit banner at Brexit rally
Hundreds of people came over from France to join the Brexit rally in Westminster on 29 March.