By Andy Ford These are just my notes, not the official record, so there may be slight slips and omissions. I voted for the nomination,
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By Jamie Green Following the termination of a highly exploitative PFI deal involving their local hospital in Carlisle, Cumbria residents have been denied key information
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Can Burnham’s ‘Manchesterism’ improve workers’ lives?
By Pat Colquhoun On Monday 29 June, Prime Minister in waiting, Andy Burnham, once again donned his dark blue t-shirt and suit jacket to give
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Editorial: what will a Burnham leadership mean?
Short of an unexpected natural disaster, it looks like Andy Burnham will be Labour leader and new Prime Minister, perhaps be the end of July.
By Ray Goodspeed What is propelling Burnham into the Labour leadership and Downing Street, is the overwhelming mandate he won in the Makerfield by-election. Despite
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Trade unions and Labour Party affiliation
By Andy Ford, Unite rep A key question for the big unions is their relationship with the Labour Party. In the light of Starmer and
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General Strike paper “The British Worker” – a good initiative of a timid leadership – part two
In this second and final part, RAY GOODSPEED looks at the reporting of the sudden end of the strike and its aftermath (9-17 May). Part
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General Strike paper “The British Worker” – a good initiative of a timid leadership – part one
In this article RAY GOODSPEED looks at the first four issues of this paper, from 5-8 May. Part two (here) will look at issues produced
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Editorial: Reform election surge is down to Starmer
Town halls up and down the country are now going to be flooded with Reform UK councillors: a surge of racists, xenophobes, transphobes, homophobes, anti-trade
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Unite NEC elections: big majority for Sharon Graham
By Andy Ford, newly-elected Unite NEC member The recent elections to the Executive of the Unite union, one of the Labour Party’s largest affiliates, returned
