Showing posts with label Trade Unions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trade Unions. Show all posts
Friday, August 28, 2026

The Joy of Six 1568

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Tom Perry links to a review of the duty to report child sexual abuse brought in by the Crime and Policing Act 2026. It finds that because o...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

The Joy of Six 1539

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Roz Savage says our electoral system is not just unfair but dangerous: "Manifestos are written for floating voters in constituencies t...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

The Joy of Six 1478

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"In a sense, Clegg is right: politicians are more focused on narratives than data. But it’s data they use to justify their policies the...
Sunday, March 09, 2025

"Naked boys as pit-ponies": Conditions in the Somerset coalfield

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Back to the Somerset coalfield and a story that caught my eye in the splendidly populist and scandal-seeking John Bull magazine. Well, it ...
Wednesday, January 08, 2025

No one expects Josh Reynolds' inquisition

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Before Christmas it was Amazon , yesterday it was the fashion e-commerce platform Shein that was interrogated by the Liberal Democrat MP Jos...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

The Joy of Six 1220

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"People who are gender non-conforming experience stigmatisation, marginalisation, and harassment in every society. They are vulnerable,...
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

On the Omnibuses: The radical roots of On the Buses

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I had dozed off with the TV on a high-numbered channel and woke up a little way into this. You can imagine my confusion. What was I seeing? ...
Thursday, June 15, 2023

The Joy of Six 1138

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"Leicestershire is home to the Lib Dem’s safest and longest-run council Oadby & Wigston (some might say best run too). After widesp...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

GUEST POST Can trade unions make a big comeback?

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This could be the time for a resurgence of trade unionism, argues Stuart Whomsley . The arrival of Arthur Scargill on the RMT picket lines m...