“Ensuring the customer is happy” (or how the Post Office drives down wages in order to “succeed” in a liberalised postal market)

The ‘consultation’ by Royal Mail on closure of Post Offices was always a case of going through the motions. The…

Labour Representation Committee conference

I attended the Labour Representation Committee conference last Saturday. Here is my report. The LRC, although it failed to get…

This is a review of Michael Moore’s film ‘Sicko’. It’s no exaggeration to say that the US health industry is…

The dictionary definition of obsequious is too eager to praise or obey someone. The word came to mind when reading…

This was written for the UKWatch blog Whatever happened to the ‘free market’? The one where companies get punished for…

Written for the website UK Watch blog. Some of you may have noticed that the major trades unions supported Gordon Brown…

Today’s Times headline declares: “Rail Fares to soar as funding is slashed”. Rail passengers face above inflation fare increases every…

Some weeks back the Daily Mirror announced on its front page “the return of the Council house”. Gordon Brown would…

global-warming-and-transport.pdf “A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself a failure.” Margaret…