4 December 2025
BAE aerospace workers in Lancashire are in dispute over pay. The company turned to the courts to stop strikes but lost. Their union, Unite, has announced continuing action during December.
1 December 2025
The current crisis at the BBC is unlikely to subside soon. Unless those working for the broadcaster are able to exercise more professional control, and to prevent political interference, it will probably worsen.
1 December 2025
Not all workplace disputes are positive. One ongoing in Sheffield seems particularly pointless and divisive.
1 December 2025
The IMF is central to the way finance capital runs. It’s instructive to see how it controls the international economy through debt.
28 November 2025
Obsession with the appalling events in Palestine is to the detriment of workers here in Britain. And unless we force the government to stay out of the conflict, will not help the people of the region.
27 November 2025
Top of the government’s excuses for the dire state of the economy is, predictably, Brexit. But as Starmer’s creeping up to the EU continues, Brexit is being slowly stolen.
27 November 2025
The government’s overdue decision to build small modular nuclear reactors in Wales with British technology is a positive step. This creates an opportunity for skilled jobs and to begin the revival of the nuclear industry here.
27 November 2025
British Library workers have rejected the latest offer in their pay dispute. They are determined to tackle low pay and reverse cuts in real wages.
27 November 2025
Another key chemical plant is closing in Scotland with the loss of jobs and further threatening Britain’s industries.
27 November 2025
UCU members in universities across Britain are fighting the imposition of job cuts and worse conditions with some successes in forcing talks and suspension of compulsory redundancies.
27 November 2025
One bus operator in South Wales is holding out against paying decent wages. Its drivers are going out on strike to change that.
The media in Britain seem obsessed by the politics and political thought of the USA, a trend shared by too many. It’s an unhealthy obsession and a deliberate distraction from our pressing needs.
