The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill gets its third reading in the House of Lords today. The Trade Union Congress estimates about 5.5 million public
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I don’t believe the police apology to those members of Republic that they arrested
The BBC, amongst others, has reported that “the Metropolitan Police has expressed “regret” over the arrests of six anti-monarchy protesters on Coronation day.” As they
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The demand that we accept a fiction at the very heart of government permits widespread government by falsehood
I posted this Tweet last night: Let’s be honest: stand back and appraise this rationally and it’s bonkers pic.twitter.com/gyZAWjnQwp — Richard Murphy (@RichardJMurphy) May 8,
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Labour have utterly misjudged the public mood on the right to protest
I recorded this for the National in Scotland this morning after they had noted my comments made here on Labour’s refusal to reverse Tory laws
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Did a Tory Vice-Chair mean to oppose democracy, or did he just make a mistake?
As the Guardian has noted: The Conservative party’s deputy chair, Lee Anderson, has said that anti-monarchist campaigners should emigrate rather than use their right to
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The economics of the madhouse may get its day soon
I admit that I keep saying that inflation will go away in the UK, but it is always subject to the caveat “assuming there is
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What is Labour for now? I keep asking the question and still I can find no answer.
As The National in Scotland reports this morning: A senior Labour MP has said that the party would not repeal the Tories anti-protest legislation if they form a
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The next election might well turn out to feel a very long time from now
I offered a reaction to the local authority elections yesterday in which I pointed out the problems Labour faced. But let’s be honest, the party
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The Tories might have removed the right to protest but Labour let it do so
I think this tweet from Green peer Jenny Jones to be pertinent: The consternation of @UKLabour MPs rings hollow when you realise they did *not*
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