MORE than 20 Labour MPs rebelled against the party leadership on Monday night in voting against a bill giving a wide range of government informants the legal right to commit crimes. Keir…
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Boris reluctant to say if Priti Patel faces sack – again!
2 October 2020BORIS Johnson is under pressure to release the findings of a seven-month inquiry into alleged bullying by Home Secretary Priti Patel. Dave Penman, general secretary of the senior and middle…
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Local lockdown in Liverpool as covid cases rocket
1 October 2020Liverpool is the latest city to be placed under local lockdown measures. Measures imposed in the north east of England several days ago will be extended to Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and…
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Manchester mayor calls for 9pm booze shopping ban
29 September 2020Andy Burnham, Labour Mayor of Manchester, has called for a 9pm alcohol sales ban in shops to prevent crowds packing streets and houses after pubs close. But he has also…
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‘Brexit fudge killed view of Corbyn as an honest man’
29 September 2020AN editorial in the Morning Star newspaper about Trump’s tax dodging argues that behaviour like this feeds the belief that those who rule are just in it for themselves, leading…
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Harassment charge against Claudia Webbe MP to go to trial
28 September 2020Allegedly unloved left Labour MP Claudia Webbe has been suspended from the party after being charged with harassment of a woman over nearly two years. The MP for Leicester East…
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British Gas aims to end union recognition and ‘fire and rehire’ staff
28 September 2020STRIKE ballots are to be held for all British Gas workers who are now facing brutal ‘fire and rehire’ and derecognition of trade unions. The workers are represented by the…
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A right-wing candidate for the Labour Party’s top body Tweeted that the resignation from the party of a Somali-born woman and former mayor was “Excellent news.” Challenged about his comment…
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Fears Covid crisis is covering up modern day slavery
26 September 2020WORKERS’ organisations fear the pandemic has provided cover for modern slavery even though the Home Office says reports of exploitation dropped a quarter during the lockdown. Focus on Labour Exploitation…
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Soft left wakes up to Starmer’s broadchurch fakery
26 September 2020TRIBUNE magazine has finally twigged that Starmer’s pretence to be the Vicar of Broadchurch is as fake as the Vicar of Dibley. The following Tribune article by Ronan Burtenshaw suggests…