By Ray Goodpseed In a year of important by elections, the media frenzy regarding the result in Holborn and St Pancras (H&SP) is remarkable. Along
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By Ray Goodspeed The voters of the central-London constituency of Holborn and St Pancras face a clear choice on 8 October, where there is a
By Greg Oxley Ninety years ago this week saw what became known later as the ‘Battle of Cable’ street in East London. It was an
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Editorial: Labour conference and Burnham’s speech
Many Labour Party members and voters have welcomed Andy Burnham’s speech to Labour Party conference, both its style and substance, because it suggests a marked
By Mic Craig I was born an atheist in Northern Ireland in the middle of the 20th Century, and my ancestors were Protestants who came
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North Sea oil fortune. Norway saved theirs. What happened to Britain’s?
By John O’Brien There is a question about modern Britain that has bothered me for some time. Britain and Norway both discovered extraordinary quantities of
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Grunwick strike, fifty 50 years on: Saris of Strength.
By Maureen Wade, chair, Birmingham UNISON retired members section. This month sees the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Grunwick strike, and it is
We republish in full (see below), a recent statement from the Blacklist Support Group, who have been campaigning on this issue for many years. Blacklisting
By David Niven, PCS member, Defra North West & Cumbria Branch In our article ‘Who runs PCS – the members or the bureaucracy?’ we described
Gray Allan; Falkirk East CLP Elections to the Labour Party’s national executive committee (NEC) are under way with emails sent to Party members containing a
