This is a short piece I was asked to write for an “Economy Round Table” for the New Left Project…
The case of the phantom signal boxes – Network Rail propaganda and the balloting regulations
The injunction against the RMT in relation to its strike action on Network Rail was supposedly based on ‘irregularities’ in…
What is “Limited clinical benefit”?
The South West Strategic Health Authority document, “Progress report on plans forimproving quality, innovation, productivity and prevention ”, dated January…
Trades Unions and economic ‘growth’
Heather Stewart in the Observer Business section recently wrote: “…with the issue of climate change becoming ever more urgent and…
Addressing the crisis of the left
Below is the introduction to a PDF discussion bulletin, “Socialist Perspectives” You can download a copy here: sp1 Despite the…
Coate Water in the bleak mid-winter
This is Coate Water country park (click on photo to enlarge), the object of a long struggle to prevent ‘development’…
Penalising Trusts for doing ‘too many’ emergency procedures
The NHS doesn’t produce widgets to be sold on the widget market. It has sick people coming through the doors.…
Christopher Addison, Council Housing and Swindon
80 years ago, in the 1929 General Election, for the first time a Labour MP was elected in Swindon. Who…
Alfred Williams Heritage Society
An Alfred Williams Heritage Society is being launched in Swindon on December 8th at 7.00 p.m. In Swindon Central Library.…
Foundation Trust AGM
I attended a session of the Swindon & Marlborough NHS Foundation Trust AGM last night. The FT was launched at…
Martin Wicks 