Bluff and bluster from Holyrood
29 June 2016
Conveniently forgetting that over a million people in Scotland voted to quit the EU, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon now is now threatening to veto our leaving. She must know she can’t.
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Blacklisted workers celebrate
11 May, High Court, London. Blacklisted workers celebrate winning compensation for loss of earnings over decades from construction firms subscribing to the Consulting Association’s secret and illegal database.
VW scandal deepens
The European Commission was told six years ago that VW was cheating on emissions tests, but it kept the knowledge secret
University pay fight continues
Academic staff in higher education are in dispute with university employers over their pay.
Tribunals - Government condemned
Since the government’s reforms of employment tribunal legislation curbing employment rights in 2013, the trade unions have challenged them through a series of judicial reviews.
Pensions - Progress at Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce bucks the trend and has taken the brave decision to support its British workforce and maintain its final salary pension scheme.
Energy - Grid turns to the NHS
National Grid, the company responsible for balancing supply and demand, is recruiting cash-starved NHS hospitals to fire up their emergency generators and turn down their air conditioning systems when power supplies are scarce.
Industry - Dagenham's End
The sale for housing of the 42-acre Ford stamping site in Dagenham for brings to an end the 90-year history of vehicle manufacturing.
Paying for the Crusades
As we await the long-delayed publication of Chilcot’s inquiry into the Iraq War, here’s a reminder of the costs of medieval invasions of the Middle East…
A scrapbook of the civil war in Spain
This issue we review two books that look back on the Spanish Civil War, and one on a more modern conflict – the dirty war that the CIA has been waging in Syria…
Gold: Barclays sells 'secret' vault
26 June 2016
The recent sale of the Barclays “secret” gold and precious metals vault, allegedly somewhere inside the M25, to the Chinese bank ICBC highlights the murky role of British banking interests.
Britain and the World
International statement from the Communist Party of Britain Marxist-Leninist, 17th Congress, London, November 2015. Our world is in flames, and the threat of war is real. Who is for war? Who is for peace? What of the working class?