The Trade Union Bill shows these supposed small-state Tories’ true colours. Like Thatcher before him, Cameron wants a light touch on economic regulation, but a heavy hand when it comes to society. Indeed he is going far further than Thatcher ever dreamed in his attempts to curtail workers’ rights to strike. Me on RT yesterday. […]
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Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite, has given the strongest indication yet that his union may consider disaffiliating from Labour. At this stage, it’s not much more than a shot across Miliband’s bow as McCluskey attempts to pull Labour’s lax policymaking leftwards. Unite is highly unlikely to rock the boat before the next election. But
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Thousands lined the streets to pay tribute to the late, great Bob Crow on Monday. With even his opponents gushing praise for a trade union leader who fought hard for his members, was resolute in his principles and above all brilliant at his job, it’s hard to imagine that scarcely more than a month ago
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It had been almost a decade since I’d last stood in Hyde Park to protest something terrible. On 20 October last year, it was bad to be back, desperately trying to stop another government ruining millions more lives, this time not with bombs but budget cuts. Perhaps the most unusual sight that day was the
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Andrew Sparrow from the Guardian quoted my New Statesman article yesterday, picking up on a growing movement behind a new party of the left. Interestingly, he drew parallels between this trend and Len McLuskey giving his strongest hint yet that he is questioning Unite’s link with Labour. Sparrow writes: In the light of Shaheen’s article
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