Lawful Industrial Action Bill falls: Labour leaders show their contempt for the right of workers to strike

For all the talk, in some quarters, of New Labour leading the opposition to the Tories, yesterday they failed miserably … More

Israeli cabinet agrees Bill which imposes a loyalty oath on any future Palestinian citizens

Israel cannot be both a “Jewish state” and a democratic one The Israeli Cabinet has agreed a Bill requiring new … More

What’s happening with the civil service compensation scheme?

The announcement by Francis Maude that 5 of the civil service unions had reached an agreement to changes to the … More

Anti-cuts meeting in Reading

I attended an anti-cuts meeting in Reading yesterday evening. There were 50 or so there. A very positive meeting with … More

Great Western Hospital Trust Members Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the Members of the Great Western Hospital Trust took place on Wednesday this week. The meeting … More

Cuts are the result of Tory dogma

This is a letter to the Swindon Advertiser in response to comments by a Tory Councillor about cutting the local … More

“One Swindon”: austerity and the ‘Big Society’ come to Swindon

Public sector workers and service users to suffer the consequences Dowloand a PDF here: oneswindon Readers of Swindon Advertiser will … More

Build Council houses to address the housing crisis

This is a letter to the Swindon Advertiser in relation to Cameron’s threat to security of tenure of council tenants. … More

Credit Rating Agencies – why do they have the power to decide the fate of nations?

“Perhaps I am being over-squeamish, but it doesn’t feel democratic or sustainable that the fiscal fate of nations and currency … More

Tories given rough ride at Dial-A-Ride AGM

I attended the AGM of Swindon Dial-A-Ride recently. You may recall that Swindon Council was proposing to cut their funding … More