Monthly Archives: May 2021

The Resolution Foundation launched its Economy 2030 Inquiry last week. The 2020s, it says, will be a decisive decade for the UK in a way that no other decade has been since the 1980s. It listed five ‘seismic’ changes that will hit … Continue reading →

It seems to me that somebody has been dancing around the law in a very clever way. Three people accused of perverting the course of justice, with regard to the Hillsborough disaster that killed 96, have been acquitted. The reason? … Continue reading →

Small wonder Labour doesn’t want to be filmed discussing what little it has said it supports Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy has followed in her health colleague Jon Ashworth’s footsteps – by again declining to name a single policy Labour … Continue reading →

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/4388-dwp-stonewalls-freedom-of-information-requests-about-leap DWP stonewalls Freedom of Information requests about LEAP|BenefitsandWork.co.uk

Almost two out of three members back Beckett in West London Community nomination meeting Unite candidates L-R: Steve Turner, Howard Beckett and Sharon Graham A London Unite branch whose invitation to a debate among three candidates for the leadership of … Continue reading →

On May 21st the Herald reported Boris Johnson’s portrayal of Britain as a “great historic free-trading nation that grew to prosperity thanks to free trade”. Un-necessary trade has indeed made Britain what she is – a place where commodity speculators … Continue reading →

Once upon a time, Maureen Lipman was best-known as a legend among her fellow actors. Oh, and as Beattie from the British Telecom ads. Now she’s best known for quitting the Labour Party – multiple times, apparently – and today … Continue reading →

What an ignorant thing for a Labour front-bencher to say. Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy has told right-wing talk radio station LBC that Jeremy Corbyn should not be re-admitted to the Parliamentary Labour Party until he apologises for hurt he … Continue reading →