Cameron has got to get a grip on the way this Govt works
Updated: 2011-02-28 23:17:20
Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition, responding to the ongoing crisis in Libya, said:
Conservative-led Government too slow on Libya - Ed Miliband
Updated: 2011-02-28 23:17:20Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition, responding to the ongoing crisis in Libya, said:People want assurance Govt has a grip of situation - Alexander
Updated: 2011-02-28 23:17:20Douglas Alexander MP, Labour’ Shadow Foreign Secretary, commenting on David Cameron's statement today, said:Last year's Defence Review already looks out of date - Murphy
Updated: 2011-02-28 23:17:20Jim Murphy MP Labour’ Shadow Defence Secretary, commenting on implications of the situation in the Middle East on the SDSR, said:Another broken promise on schools - Burnham
Updated: 2011-02-28 23:17:20The average secondary school will see its budget for building work, repairs and computers slashed by £86,000 next year, new figures have revealed.Labour launches review of future challenges for welfare state
Updated: 2011-02-28 23:17:20Liam Byrne MP, Labour’ Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, today announced details of Labour’ review of future challenges for the welfare state. This working group will inform the wider economic policy review coordinated by Labour’ Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.Osborne can no longer blame snow for wrong economic choices
Updated: 2011-02-28 23:17:20Ed Balls MP, Labour’ Shadow Chancellor, said in response to today’ revised GDP figures showing the UK economy contracted by 0.6% in the final quarter of 2010:Alarm clock Britain hasn't really reached Nick Clegg - Hain
Updated: 2011-02-28 23:17:20Peter Hain MP, Labour’ Shadow Wales Secretary, commenting on Nick Clegg’ forgetting he was in charge, said: nbsp;Labour launches review into life on low-pay in Britain
Updated: 2011-02-28 23:17:20Angela Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, today announced details of Labour's review into life on low-pay in Britain. This working group will inform the wider economic policy review coordinated by Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.Driving faster on the motorway
Updated: 2011-02-28 23:17:16speed limit Originally uploaded by perlmonger As I’ve written before, it’s an British anomaly that the speed limit is the same on motorways and dual carriageways (70 mph). The CoLD coalition now seem to considering raising the speed limit on motorways to 80 mph (129 km/h), which would make good sense. However, I think they [...]Jon's union blog: Opposing the cuts in Newham - and thinking about conditions of service
Updated: 2011-02-28 22:05:00
Attending tonight’s well attended demonstration against cuts in Newham (hat tip MJ) put me in mind of the problem of how to deal with circumstances where the employer proposes cuts in conditions of service – and union members may feel that these can save jobs.
This is the position in Newham to...John's Labour blog: Bill Wakefield
Updated: 2011-02-28 22:03:00
I've just heard the news that Bill Wakefield, former Tower Hamlets NUPE branch secretary and Councillor passed away last night after a long illness.
Bill (seen in picture standing with white shirt addressing a housing strike committee meeting in 1999) was employed originally as...Power in a Union: Madison Protests
Updated: 2011-02-28 21:32:33Comrades: There is so much coming out of Madison right now it is hard to keep up. Cops in the Rotunda have not as yet moved on protestors, but windows being welded shut to stop food getting in....Union Futures: Newham March and Rally
Updated: 2011-02-28 21:19:00Pics of the rally, Z PCS NEC and Jon Rogers unison NEC speaking to the rally outside the town hall. Good turnout of just under 200 people marching to Newham town hall to protest against the cuts. Sir Robin Wales on his way into the cabinet stood there jeering at the protesters and was greeted with...UNISON East Midlands: Derby Protest Against Council Cuts - Weds 2 March
Updated: 2011-02-28 20:04:31
The Tory Lib-Dem coalition at Derby City Council are planning to vote through millions of pounds of cuts to vital council services later this week.
There will be a protest at 5pm on Wednesday 2 March...ToUChstone blog: The cost of living crisis – why unions are part of the solution
Updated: 2011-02-28 19:03:08
Today, Ed Miliband used a speech at the [...]Midlands TUC Media: Challenging Poverty in Changing Times
Updated: 2011-02-28 15:21:00
Jack Dromey MPBirmingham Unemployed Workers Centre in association with the Midlands TUC re holding conference entitled: Challenging Poverty in Changing Times.
We have secured a top line...NSW Election Preview paper
Updated: 2011-02-28 05:36:50I've prepared a publication on the NSW Election for the NSW Parliamentary Library. It pulls together informatio from a range of publications I've prepared over the years for the Parliamentary Library. It summarises first preference votes for each electorate at...Our pensions under attack: organise now!
Updated: 2011-02-27 22:49:00
The latest leaflets from UNISON on pensions. Double click to bring up details.West Ham MP Lyn Brown (with badly broken elbow)
Updated: 2011-02-27 13:55:00
Picture is of Lyn Brown our West Ham Labour MP ho suffered a very bad fall on the steps of the House of Commons early this month. She has broken her elbow in several places and has been warned that she may never recover the full use of her left arm.
Check out Lyn's column n the...Greater London Labour Link Elections 2011
Updated: 2011-02-26 22:36:00
AGM's may be largely over for the year but Labour Movement Elections continue. The evil one(s) didn't put forward a slate for this year's London Labour Link elections which is quite interesting nd I think another sign of their increasing marginalisation. amp;nbsp;But there is...Survey shows Australians want the Alternative Vote
Updated: 2011-02-26 12:49:38Last week I looked at claims made in the United Kingdom's Alternative Vote referendum campaign that six in ten Australians wanted to abandon preferential voting for first past the post. (Read the post here.) The survery was done by respected...Levellers Day: Saturday 14 May 20111
Updated: 2011-02-25 23:38:00
"La révolution dévore ses enfants". nbsp;History? Look today at Libya. his whole subject is as topical now as 350 years ago.
"On 17 May 1649, three soldiers were executed on Oliver Cromwell’s orders in Burford churchyard, Oxfordshire. They belonged to a movement popularly known as the...West Ham CLP AGM 2011
Updated: 2011-02-24 23:59:00
I am just back from this year's West Ham Constituency abour Party AGM. Via of course "The Goose" in Stratford unbranded Pilsner lager still at £1.49 per pint!).
This was the sixth Labour Movement AGM I have attended so far this year. Hopefully the last! The meeting...Speakers announced for RESULTS National Conference
Updated: 2011-02-24 14:41:35
Plans for this year’s RESULTS National Conference, taking place over the weekend of 9-11th April, continue apace. After the updates we have given over the last few weeks are pleased to announce some of our guest speakers, and that we … Continue reading →David Cameron to open GAVI pledging conference in June
Updated: 2011-02-24 14:05:31
Last week Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, confirmed that the Prime Minister will open the GAVI conference which the UK will host in London in June. Continue reading →2011 + 4 + 1 + 4 = 2010 + 5 + 5
Updated: 2011-02-23 16:15:06Scottish Parliament Originally uploaded by Kieran Lynam The Scotsman could recently reveal that the Scottish parliamentary election following this year’s election will be moved from 2015 to 2016 because the four-year cycle for elections to the Scottish Parliament would clash with the newly-established five-year cycle for UK elections. At first that sounds like a really [...]'elf and Safety Poster - Soviet Style (1)
Updated: 2011-02-22 22:36:00
Well, I suppose it makes the point in a rather graphic Socialist realism kind of way.
Not the sort of stuff that we would expect to see on our dear old SE web site but it does make the point.
Would such realistic posters make a difference to health and safety at the workplace?
Would...March Conference Call announced: “World TB Day: still neglected, still killing”
Updated: 2011-02-22 19:22:49RESULTS is pleased to announce that our next conference entitled: "World TB Day: still neglected, still killing" will take place on the 1st of March 2011. Our guest speaker on the call is Joel Spicer, senior strategist at Stop TB Partnership. Continue reading →Do Australians really want to Abandon the Alternative Vote?
Updated: 2011-02-22 06:37:41Last week Prime Minister David Cameron gave a speech in defence of the United Kingdom's 'first past the post' voting system, stating his opposition to a proposal to adopt the Alternative Vote. The proposal will be put to the British..."Unison publishes list of 62 councils ‘robbed’ by Housing Minister"
Updated: 2011-02-21 23:02:00
SHAPPS MUST KEEP PROMISE ON FUNDS FOR HOMELESS, ELDERLY AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- Unison publishes list of 62 councils ‘robbed’ by Housing Minister
NISON, the UK’s largest union, today challenged Housing and Local Government Minister Grant Shapps (pictured left), to honour his...Fewer students
Updated: 2011-02-21 22:49:40Glasgow University (2) Originally uploaded by ScubaBeer In an article in The Herald it is claimed that “Scottish universities want to charge students fees of £12,000 for a four-year degree”. Shocking as that is in its own right, I found the last part of the article even more interesting: [U]niversities agreed with the Scottish Government [...]Continental time
Updated: 2011-02-21 14:45:14CLOCK – Musée d’Orsay Originally uploaded by danalipar According to this article in The Telegraph, the British government are thinking about introducing ‘double summertime’. Although they’re using this bizarre name for it, it’s really just continental time, also known as Central European Time, given that it would put the UK in exactly the same time [...]UK Education Aid Is Making Significant Impact in India
Updated: 2011-02-21 13:52:34
Education Aid support from the UK has made a positive contribution to educational opportunities for poor school aged children in India. Continue reading →Birkes og makroner
Updated: 2011-02-21 06:44:27
Årets bedste fødselsdagsgave var nok en slidt gammel bog fra 1966, som min søster gav mig: Politikens Vi Bager. Som hun sagde, da hun gav mig den, var den svær at skaffe, da den på det nærmeste er blevet kult. Og det undrer mig ikke! Der er meget få billeder i, men den rummer mange [...]The Death and Rebirth of Public Housing
Updated: 2011-02-20 22:22:00
This motion on Housing was passed at our recent Branch AGM(s) and will be submitted to this year's UNISON National Conference.
"This Conference notes:- hat the ConDem government is proposing cuts to Housing Benefits that will result in financial hardship and even evictions for...Dilip Sardar: The first Bengali Tower Hamlets Council employee?
Updated: 2011-02-19 21:14:00
n Friday evening I went to a NISON reunion with former colleagues who use to work in the Malmesbury Housing office in Bow, East London. We were all pleased to see Dilip (left) who retired from the Council 7 years ago.
Dilip joined the then Bethnal Green Council on 16 January...Spoken French
Updated: 2011-02-19 13:45:40Spoken and written French are so different that they can probably be considered two separate languages. Nevertheless, most language courses and grammars ignore this issue and try to teach some sort of compromise language in which ‘money’ is argent, ne isn’t dropped, and the passé simple isn’t used. “Street French” is one attempt at solving [...]"After the Big March we're having a Party"
Updated: 2011-02-19 08:56:00
Add captionFlyer from hilosophy Football "Saturday 26 March s the day of the enormous TUC March for an Alternative. At the end of a day's marching Philosophy Football is organising, n association with the TUC, a big night out. Headlined by the superb electro hip-hop beats of Dan...Broadmeadows By-election Results Now Live
Updated: 2011-02-19 07:00:00Result updates now live at http://www.abc.net.au/elections/vic/2011/broadmeadows/ I can't run the election site and this blog at the same time. If there's some particular point you want to make about the results, you can put it here and I might respond...J'Accuse: An open letter to Andrew Slaughter, Labour MP for Hammersmith
Updated: 2011-02-18 22:58:15
: , : SEARCH Blog Journalism Books Film Radio Toby's School Friday 18th February 2011 J'Accuse : An open letter to Andrew Slaughter , Labour MP for Hammersmith Dear , Andrew I'm writing to you to express my disappointment about the manner in which you're campaigning against the West London Free School . Nothing wrong with your decision to oppose the school . I was hoping you'd be more sympathetic , given that the classical liberal education on offer at our school will be similar to the education you received at the fee-paying Latymer Upper School . It seems you're not in favour of extending the opportunities you enjoyed to local children from less privileged backgrounds , but that is your right . To read more , click here COMMENT COMMENTS SO FAR : 0 FIXED LINK EMAIL TO A FRIENDThe Big Society was a boom-time idea
Updated: 2011-02-18 21:44:25CPP_Conservative_party_344 Originally uploaded by conservativeparty It is perhaps the case that David Cameron’s idea about the Big Society is just a “rebranding trick – a way of making the biggest cuts to public spending since the 1920s sound upbeat“. However, I think it is also perfectly possible that Cameron really thinks our society would be [...]RESULTS UK Welcomes New Education Campaign Intern
Updated: 2011-02-18 16:16:59
RESULTS UK welcomes a new Education Campaign Intern to the team. Continue reading →Microfinance in St Paul’s Cathedral
Updated: 2011-02-18 07:00:40
The Microfinance Club UK and St Paul's Institute convened a meeting to discuss the topic "Christian Microfinance: Distinctly Different?", to examining just what Christian Microfinance is and how it can differ from secular microfinance. Continue reading →St Georges Hospital, London - £55 Million Cuts - 500 Jobs going
Updated: 2011-02-18 00:14:00
Despite the great news today about the Tory climbdown over the privatisation of our Forests and the apparent retreat over reducing Housing benefit for the unemployed. This Government still shows its nasty, vindictive side by the announcement that "Leading Hospital" St Georges in Tooting...One minute action – transparency in resource extraction
Updated: 2011-02-17 17:52:42ONE is currently campaigning for more transparency in how natural resources are managed in developing countries. We encourage you to take a moment to support ONE's campaign. Continue reading →Tories Attempt To Privatise Blood
Updated: 2011-02-17 07:47:00
UNISON press release: Karen Jennings, UNISON Head of Health:
“What is this Government thinking of, is nothing safe? The blood service is world class and doesn’t need interfering with.
It epitomises how successfully volunteers and the public sector can work together, free from contamination by the...Tid til at vælge fag
Updated: 2011-02-16 22:15:27Serious spoon-balancing Originally uploaded by PhylB Marcel går i S2, hvilket betyder 2. klasse i secondary school (eller high school), hvilket igen betyder, at han er i gang med sit niende skoleår. Da man begynder i skole tidligere end i Danmark, er han dog med sine 13½ år aldersmæssigt nok tættere på en dansk 7. [...]"Cameron breaks promises to Armed Forces"
Updated: 2011-02-16 22:10:00
Hat tip recently retired oldier and current Labour Councillor, Alasdair Ross. "The Conservatives have rightly come under some fierce criticism for their failure to deliver the promises they made to the Armed Forces before the election. Both Channel 4 News and the local Ipswich Evening Star...RESULTS UK leads delegation of British MPs to Rwanda
Updated: 2011-02-16 17:44:58
We are pleased to announce that RESULTS UK will be leading a parliamentary delegation to Rwanda from the 19th until the 25th of February 2001. The purpose of this delegation is to assess how Rwanda is addressing major health challenges in particular tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS co-infection. Continue reading →February Focus Call now available online
Updated: 2011-02-16 14:27:21Last night we had our February Focus Call. This call was an introduction to our new website www.results.org.uk and was facilitated by Felix Jakens, Grassroots coordinator and Julia Modern, Campaigns manager at RESULTS UK. To listen to the call again, … Continue reading →The Danish weather forecast for Newton Mearns
Updated: 2011-02-16 14:14:28Most people here in Newton Mearns are probably not aware that the Danish Meteorological Institute produces a weather forecast for Newton Mearns. Unfortunately, it’s in Danish, but it’s really only the days of the week that are likely to cause problems. I’m not sure whether it’s more or less accurate that the other forecasts out [...]Health & Safety Week of Action - Wed 2nd March 2011
Updated: 2011-02-15 22:51:00
double click to bring up details.Cut crime not Police staff
Updated: 2011-02-15 22:35:00
double click to bring up details.Holocaust Memorial Day - Suitcase Kindertransport
Updated: 2011-02-14 23:44:00
This photograph is from the statue commentating the Suitcase Kindertransport n the aptly named Hope Square outside Liverpool Station in East London.
Before the Second World War nearly 10,000 children (mostly Jewish but also many children of left wing opponents) were sent to the UK...London Labour Housing Group
Updated: 2011-02-13 21:55:00
I was reminded today that I haven't posted fully on the successful launch last month of the London branch of the Labour Housing Group (LHG).
Steve at the LHG "Red Brick" blog has of course posted an excellent report. nbsp;Check out the comments at this post which gives an accurate...UK to allow same-sex marriage in church – reports
Updated: 2011-02-13 15:44:56
Britain plans to allow same-sex unions to be celebrated in places of worship, removing a key legal distinction between homosexual civil partnerships and heterosexual marriage, newspapers report.UNISON Housing Association Annual Report: Labour Link Officer
Updated: 2011-02-12 19:47:00
"Even though the Conservatives were deprived of an overall majority and we did very well in the London Council elections the General Election result was a crushing defeat for Labour Party and its affiliated supporters. Many thanks to all those Housing Association branch UNISON activists who worked...This Land is Your Land: Hands off our Forests
Updated: 2011-02-11 23:11:00Hat
Hat tip Mary, Country Standard nd of course many thanks to Billy Bragg.
Update: Sign the 38 Degrees petition "Save Our Forests" here which has already broken its 500,000 target.
UPDATE: Hooray for the forests! it appear we have won!March for the Alternative Widget
Updated: 2011-02-11 08:02:00if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('93fa7aa1-b646-45d1-bce9-d3897f978589');
Hat-tip to self confessed "Labor-geek" johninnit for the TUC "March for the Alternative" neat-o widget above which I hope other bloggers will also post and place on their sites. Just click on the "get widget" button and...Clean Sweep: Centre Left Victory in London UNISON elections
Updated: 2011-02-10 14:08:00This is picture of myself, Monica, Gloria and Conroy after the London Regional Council AGM.
Emma and Lynn had to leave straight after the meeting.
Our Sensible Left slate won all the Regional Council Officer posts (Executive) for the 6th year running. I don't know yet what the margin...UNISON London Regional Council AGM 2011
Updated: 2011-02-09 00:39:00
This morning s my third Labour Movement AGM in less than a week. I have at least 4 more before the end of the Month. At the ondon Regional Council AGM, the forces of light and reason will be battling with those of the estructive eft who wish to destroy ny...New Conservative Party Logo
Updated: 2011-02-08 07:46:00
Naughty but nice. Hat tip MaturinThe beginning of the end of the NHS
Updated: 2011-02-02 21:13:36THE NHS IS UNDER THREAT! The Tories and the Lib Dems, are making the most sweeping changes to the NHS since its creation in 1948. After years of record investment in the NHS by Labour and when patient satisfaction is at an all-time high, this right wing coalition are set to destroy our National Health Service. [...]