Corbyn pledges to scrap Blair union laws in favour of collective bargaining – and an end to zero-hours contracts
These promises are a clear response to Owen Smith’s policies on pay negotiation and zero-hours contracts. Is the collective bargaining …
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Here’s why May’s campaign against slavery is a contradiction
The launch of Theresa May’s campaign against modern slavery is laudable – until you realise there is one form of …
How can Corbyn have ‘bottled’ a hustings he never agreed to attend?
This is a weird one. It seems that Labour Party officials have been trying to dictate to Jeremy Corbyn when …
‘Bizarre’ Labour rebels can never steal the party’s name and assets – Corbyn
This is an update to a report earlier that Labour rebels were considering launching a ‘party-within-a-party’, denying Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, …
Another former shadow minister makes a mess of explaining her resignation
Sharon Hodgson is the latest in the line of former shadow ministers to provide an unconvincing explanation for her resignation …
When did it become acceptable to use ‘commercial interest’ as an excuse to hide RAPE?
If the Home Office is refusing to reveal the number of people who have been raped while waiting for a …
DWP forced to reveal firms using benefit claimants for unpaid work after 4-year legal fight
The cost of this legal battle is worth discovering – although we’ll probably have to launch Freedom of Information requests …
Contempt for democracy: Labour rebels plan to start their own party-within-a-party
The concept of splitting the Labour Party if Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected as leader isn’t new. It simply seems hopelessly …
Anti-Corbyn ‘stitch-up’ in Labour leader nomination process is ANOTHER attack on democracy
We all know the campaign to elect Owen Smith as the new leader of the Labour Party isn’t going well …
‘Free’ school uses force to teach pupils – then accuses parents of ‘betraying’ their children
It is terrifying that our Conservative government supports a school system that allows teachers to behave in this way. Michaela …