It is apparently acceptable for Brigitte Bardot to spend decades whipping up racial hatred and still be celebrated as a national icon, perhaps helped by glamour, distance, and nostalgia. But it is unacceptable for Gary Lineker to voice contemporary moral objections to cruelty and injustice.
As ever, responsibility for this alleged civic misery was pinned on a single figure – Sadiq Khan.
Stonewall’s corporate donations more than halved over the past year.
Dispelling five common Tory government narratives about strikes and worker pay rises
Khan announced a £130 million package to fund free meals for the 270,000 state primary school children in London
Government-appointed body gives ministers the red card on Strikes Bill
72-hour walkout planned across all services as union calls for full pay restoration
Out of the 61, at least 56 companies that took part said they plan to continue with the four-day working week
‘The right to strike is a fundamental British freedom. Strikes are what won workers the 8-hour working day and equal pay for women.’
Far-right protesters visited hotels housing asylum seekers 253 times last year.
Many of the agreements are ‘continuity’ or ‘rollover’ agreements, which replicate the deals we already had previously as members of the EU.
Further restrictions on the right to strike will ‘only drag the UK further away from democratic norms’, they say.
The Learning and Work Institute is urging the government to ‘engage Britain’s 1.7 million forgotten workers.’
