New figures show taxpayers lost billions on Royal Mail privatisation
New figures reveal that taxpayers lost billions of pounds in the privatisation of the Royal Mail.
Public Services
What are the alternatives to private monopolies on the railways?
With passengers wholly dissatisfied with the service provided on the railways, is now the time to look for an alternative?
Labour finally seems to be moving away from centralised control over service delivery
The UK is the most centralised state in the developed world.
I hope Tristram Hunt will respond positively to my invitation to discuss how a picket line works
It is a fundamental principle, not only of my union but of the movement in general, that you do not cross a picket line.
Ed Miliband is right to challenge the entrenched power of Whitehall
Having challenged the energy companies and Rupert Murdoch, Ed Miliband will now turn his attention to tackling concentrations of power within the state.
Left Foot Forward in Private Eye
Left Foot Forward gets an honourable mention in this week’s Private Eye for Annie Powell’s tireless campaign to save Sulivan Primary School.
Boris breaks (another) election promise as 3,000 police officers are lost
The Met has lost over 3,000 police officers since May 2010, despite a promise by Boris Johnson to maintain police numbers “at or around 32,000”.
3 *actual* reasons people go on strike (as opposed to those invented by the press)
If you can’t get to work today, you could do worse than head down to a picket line and offer your support, or at least ask a trade unionist why they have decided to strike.
Under Boris’s proposed strike rule change, he would be banned from office
Under Johnson’s proposed rule change strikes with a turnout of less than 50 per cent would be banned; but were that rule change applied across the board Boris himself would be banned from office.
Boris, not Bob Crow, is the one behaving outrageously
When Boris ran for office in 2008, he opposed the closure of 40 ticket offices by his predecessor Ken Livingstone.