Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, July 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…
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Mick Lynch takes apart Liz Truss over plans to effectively ban industrial action
“She’s seeking to make effective industrial action illegal, so people will have to use other means to take action and respond to the employers.”
Boris Johnson delays inquiry into allegations Tory MP was sacked as a minister because of her Muslim faith
Johnson said he was leaving it to his successor as prime minister and their independent adviser to complete the investigation.
Liz Truss slammed for ‘declaring war on trade unions and working people’ with ‘madcap proposals’
“This manifesto is nothing but a charter of discontent. The rights of working people have been put on the chopping block by an ambitious politician, hawking for the votes of a tiny minority.”
Trades Union Congress calls for public ownership of energy companies
The TUC is proposing a reshaping of the UK’s energy system, to be more in line with our European neighbours that are finding it easier to weather the current crisis.
What Rishi Sunak’s defence of his private school education reveals about the myth of meritocracy
Hard work and merit don’t operate in a vacuum, as Sunak would like us to believe.
Boris Johnson ‘doesn’t want to resign’ and ‘wishes he could carry on’ as PM, says Tory peer
“Boris thanked me for my ‘Boris on the ballot’ campaign. He said he was enjoying following it and he wished me well.”
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Liz Truss wins support of economist who advised Thatcher and who got it spectacularly wrong on Brexit
Minford claimed that leaving the EU without a trade deal would have boosted the UK’s GDP by 4%
Nadine Dorries mocks Rishi Sunak for wearing a £3,500 suit and £490 Prada shoes
“Rishi visits Teeside in Prada shoes worth £450 and sported £3,500 bespoke suit as he prepared for crunch leadership vote.”