SHARES in BT remained in negative territory, although up from initial falls of nearly four per cent, as the City and analysts reacted to Labour’s proposals to nationalise Openreach. The party has said it will take over the division and make broadband in the UK free to all. There was …
Read More »Britain’s capitalist class will do all it can to stop Corbyn becoming PM, Communist Party warns
LABOUR is gaining ground in the general election as its economic and social policies chime in with the needs and aspirations of the masses, the Communist Party (CP) has said. However, CP London district secretary Steve Johnson warned that Britain’s ruling class and its supposedly “liberal” intelligentsia would pull out …
Read More »JD Wetherspoon pubs boss brews up a storm over governance | Business
Tim Martin at JD Wetherspoon writes some entertaining chairman’s rants and, if you skip the sermons on Brexit, he is reliably thought-provoking. Here’s the latest view from behind the pumps: corporate governance in the UK is “up the spout” and a tick-box culture is sowing seeds of destruction. As a …
Read More »Conservative Party accused of ‘scamming’ voters with unpaid mail seeming to be from NHS
THE Conservatives were accused of “scamming” voters today by sending unpaid mail that appeared to be official NHS letters but turned out to be Tory pre-election PR. Douglas Smith from St Albans was charged £4 by the Royal Mail to collect two letters on Thursday which had been sent to him and …
Read More »British voters’ stark choice over the kind of country they want
The coming British Election is showing up two radically different angles about how democracies should work. Lee Duffield writes on the stand-off between the “reactionaries” and the “socialists”. THE FIRST BRITISH POLLS for the 2019 Election suggested we prepare for a Tory victory, then Prime Minister Boris Johnson forcing through …
Read More »Promises, promises: the Labour and Tory spending pledges | Politics
The 2019 election will be the first in decades where both Labour and the Conservatives promise to turn on the public spending tap. The manifestos have yet to be released, but both have already made multibillion-pound pledges as the era of austerity comes to an end. Labour’s major spending pledges …
Read More »At this election, voters can reclaim their workplace rights
For our union, Labour's plan to renationalise Royal Mail could not be more relevant given our current dispute with the employer. Whether it be the … Source link
Read More »Labour MPs fear pre-election postal strikes
The Communication Workers Union, which represents two-thirds of Britain's 140,000 employees, is locked in a protracted dispute with the Royal Mail, … Source link
Read More »General election: Corbyn challenges Johnson to TV debates – as it happened | Politics
6.04pm GMT18:04 Afternoon summary Andrew Sparrow Jeremy Corbyn has challenged Johnson to TV debates on what has effectively been the first full day of campaigning since MPs agreed that there should be an election on Thursday 12 December. (See 4.06pm.) The bill approving the election is still being debated by …
Read More »Corbyn praises Scottish Labour MP’s campaign to save high street banks
A SCOTTISH Labour MP’s campaign to save high street banks and cash machines has been praised by Jeremy Corbyn on a visit to the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West. Ged Killen snatched the seat from the Scottish Nationalists by just 265 votes at the 2017 election. Speaking to a packed …
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