Monthly Archives: April 2009
THE READER BY BERNHARD SCHLINK
This is not a book for the fainthearted, and I’m not completely surprised that it has taken over twelve years to make it into a film. It has all the ingredients – a vivid and self absorbed main character, an unforgettable love … Continue reading
Filed under Labour Party
G20 POLL – AS NEWS OF POLICE VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO BREAK, WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS?
On the day that RBS announce they are suing a female teenager for £40,000, for damages to their London City branch, my fears and upsets around the policing of the G20 summit are renewed. RBS pursues G20 teenager for £40,000 … Continue reading
Filed under Labour Party, Police
LABOUR HELP SECURE COPYRIGHT VICTORY FOR MUSICIANS
With the media often focusing on musicans who earn millions of pounds every year, it is sometimes easy to forget that there are many very talented musicans out there that make a great contribution to the music in the UK … Continue reading
Filed under workers' rights
MOST RECENT TWEETS
11:32 Voting on discharge of EU budget. Contrary to some reports, budget does get signed off # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
Filed under Labour Party
THE CHEEK OF DEN DOVER
Would you believe it? Disgraced Den Dover, expelled from the Tory delegation in the European Parliament last year for alleged gross misconduct over expenses claims, has launched legal action in the European Court. He is attempting to clear his name. … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative, Expenses, Labour Party
NEW WAYS OF WORKING POST BUDGET
As some of you may know, I am a longstanding member of the Co-op, having worked in the Political Department of one of disparate parts of the retail co-operative sector (the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society) in the 1980s. Following the … Continue reading
Filed under Labour Party
MOST RECENT TWEETS
12:21 Just voted on energy reforms – ending monopolies, reducing energy poverty, compensation for poor service & info for consumers on their bills # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
Filed under Labour Party
JACK JONES – UNION LEADER AND PENSIONERS’ CHAMPION
Jack Jones, leader of the Transport and General Workers (TGWU) from 1969 to1978 died last night aged 96. I was privileged to know Jack, who lived in south-east London not far from my old stamping ground of Lewisham and Deptford, and … Continue reading
Filed under Labour Party, Trade Unions
BORIS BETRAYS LONDON WOMEN WITH FALSE ELECTION PROMISES
True to Tory form Boris Johnson has reneged on his explicit promise to ‘act immediately’ to put more funding into rape crisis centres in the capital. The Mayor’s manifesto said “We will act immediately to provide longterm funding for four … Continue reading
Filed under Boris Johnson, London, violence, Women's Rights
