#YourParty The troubles trundle on for proto-party Your Party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@heraldscotland.bsky.social My Herald piece on former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. It asks the question on where the time came from to write her memoir & whether it was written in 'work time' of the Parliament as an MSP for which she receives ample salary www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

My Herald piece today on former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. It asks the question about where the time came from to write her memoir & whether it was done in 'work time' of the Scottish Parliament as an MSP for which she receives more than ample salary www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

A little bit of hope? Zarah Sultana to drop legal threat over feud with Jeremy Corbyn: MP ‘determined to reconcile’ with former Labour leader after fledgling party’s membership sign-up row www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@leftlanepolitics.bsky.social My contribution (see last one called 'We all hoped the outcome and process wouldn’t be like this but …') to analysing the stushie going on in the proto-party Your Party and where it might go from the events of this past week theleftlane2024.substack.com/p/why-the-ri...

My contribution (see last one called 'We all hoped the outcome and process wouldn’t be like this but …') to analysing the stushie going on in the proto-party Your Party and where it might go from the events of this past week theleftlane2024.substack.com/p/why-the-ri...

#yourpartyuk Tensions continue between Sultana and Corbyn over Your Party which does not bode well www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#yourpartyuk Tensions continue between Sultana and Corbyn over Your Party which does not bode well www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#yourpartyuk Tensions continue between Sultana and Corbyn over Your Party which does not bode well www.heraldscotland.com/news/2547775...

Tensions continue between Sultana and Corbyn over Your Party which does not bode well www.heraldscotland.com/news/2547775...

Tensions continue between Sultana and Corbyn over Your Party which does not bode well www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#unions #strikes New strike stats out yesterday, showing big uptick for July 25 - 83,000 days not worked in 225 strikes involving 26,000 workers. Stats for June 25: 33,000, 51 and 6,000. Not all of the increase is accounted for by the junior/ resident doctors' strike. Also ongoing Brum strike etc

@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted in the Times Higher on the dilemmas for the UCU and other education unions in mounting an aggregated ballot on pay when the Tory thresholds are still in place and when job losses are still rife www.timeshighereducation.com/news/failure...

Quoted in the Times Higher on the dilemmas for the UCU and other education unions in mounting an aggregated ballot on pay when the Tory thresholds are still in place and when job losses are still rife www.timeshighereducation.com/news/failure...

TUC urges Starmer to make ‘populist case’ for workers’ rights reforms: Huge survey reveals employment rights policies are popular with public despite many not knowing about Bill www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...

@fbunational.bsky.social FBU calls on Labour government to scrap Trump's state visit www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/nationa...

Feet rather than legs maybe but point remains: 'It does seem like they have shot themselves in the foot a few times. I think they’re running out of legs to shoot at the moment', Steve Wright, FBU gen sec on Labour's reshuffle including removal of Justin Madders www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@bigissue.com Quoted in this piece by Lottie Elton in The Big Issue on Labour's Employment Rights Bill - already watered down and to be diluted further now that Angela Rayner has gone so that a space for doing so has opened up www.bigissue.com/news/employm...

Quoted in this piece by Lottie Elton in The Big Issue on Labour's Employment Rights Bill - already watered down and to be diluted further now that Angela Rayner has gone so that a space for doing so has opened up www.bigissue.com/news/employm...

@fbunational.bsky.social ‘It should come as no surprise the FBU has produced this monumental study. They are to be heartily commended for doing so. It is a searing indictment of the death & destruction neo-liberalism has wreaked & which FBU has stood against’ www.plutobooks.com/product/culp...

‘It should come as no surprise that Paul Hampton & the FBU have produced this monumental study. They are to be heartily commended for doing so. It is a searing indictment of the death & destruction neo-liberalism has wreaked & which FBU has stood against’ www.plutobooks.com/product/culp...

#AngelaRayner @heraldscotland.bsky.social Written before her bombshell of a week began but with continued relevance for any soft-left figures within Labour that may seek to replace her www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

My piece in today's Herald newspaper called 'The real reason Starmer needs Angela Rayner may not be what you think' on how Rayner gives left-cover to right-wing Starmer www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

#Angelarayner My piece in today's Herald newspaper called 'The real reason Starmer needs Angela Rayner may not be what you think' on how Rayner gives left-cover to right-wing Starmer www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

@heraldscotland.bsky.social My Herald piece tomorrow called 'The real reason Starmer needs Angela Rayner may not be what you think' on how Rayner gives left-cover to right-wing Starmer but this will be more difficult for her as she moves to the right too www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

My Herald piece tomorrow called 'The real reason Starmer needs Angela Rayner may not be what you think' on how Rayner gives left-cover to right-wing Starmer but this will be more difficult for her as she moves to the right too www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

@heraldscotland.bsky.social My piece in tomorrow's Herald newspaper called 'The real reason Starmer needs Angela Rayner may not be what you think' on how Rayner gives left-cover to right-wing Starmer www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

My piece in tomorrow's Herald newspaper called 'The real reason Starmer needs Angela Rayner may not be what you think' on how Rayner gives left-cover to right-wing Starmer www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

@aslefunion.bsky.social My piece in the ASLEF train drivers' monthly magazine (Sept issue, pp14-15) on why globalisation might have taken a knock recently but neo-liberalism is still going quite strong aslef.org.uk/publications...

My piece in the ASLEF train drivers' monthly magazine (Sept issue, pp14-15) on why globalisation might have taken a knock recently but neo-liberalism is still going quite strong aslef.org.uk/publications...

@aslefunion.bsky.social My piece in the ASLEF train drivers' monthly magazine (Sept issue, pp14-15) on why globalisation might have taken a knock recently but neo-liberalism is still going quite strong aslef.org.uk/system/files...

My piece in the ASLEF train drivers' monthly magazine (Sept issue, pp14-15) on why globalisation might have taken a knock recently but neo-liberalism is still going quite strong aslef.org.uk/system/files...

All the power is with the employer’: why zero-hours workers welcome Labour’s rights bill - Critics of the legislation want the government to water it down, but for many employees change can’t come too soon www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Another win for workers in hotels: UVW union housekeepers in London call off their strike action after gaining their demands www.personneltoday.com/hr/london-ho...

#The1970s #economicinequality My piece in The Herald today called 'Give a Little Love (and Equality): lessons from the age of the Bay City Rollers' looking at why we shouldn't malign the 1970s as they were the most equal economic decade ever www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

@heraldscotland.bsky.social My piece in The Herald today called 'Give a Little Love (and Equality): lessons from the age of the Bay City Rollers' looking at why we shouldn't malign the 1970s as they were the most equal economic decade ever www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

My piece in The Herald today called 'Give a Little Love (and Equality): lessons from the age of the Bay City Rollers' looking at why we shouldn't malign the 1970s as they were the most equal economic decade ever www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

3 weeks of strike action by Unite members at Village Hotel in Govan, Glasgow ended in a win for workers, with significant improvements to pay and conditions. This was the first hotel strike in Britain since 1979. www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/...

‘Fire chiefs have warned that many stations are no longer fit for purpose and some are posing a serious health hazard to firefighters. It comes after a decade of what one chief fire officer said was in effect the service ‘being defunded’, with an estimated £1bn in govt funding cut during this time.’

Union slams “disgraceful” wave of new cuts as thousands of firefighter jobs could face axe www.fbu.org.uk/news/2025/08...

@fbunational.bsky.social Collapsing ceilings, leaking windows and rat boxes: inside one of England’s crumbling fire stations - Fire chiefs say many stations are not fit for purpose and are urging government to protect services from proposed cuts www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Collapsing ceilings, leaking windows and rat boxes: inside one of England’s crumbling fire stations - Fire chiefs say many stations are not fit for purpose and are urging government to protect services from proposed cuts www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Miners from 1980s strikes return to picket line … at mining museum - Former coalminers join fellow museum staff in strike over pay which is due to last until mid-September www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

'Working-class heroes, Mick Lynch and the unions: An interview with Gregor Gall' by Jon Baldwin Published now in the Journal of Class and Culture, 2025, 4/1:85-94 intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

'Working-class heroes, Mick Lynch and the unions: An interview with Gregor Gall' by Jon Baldwin Published now in the Journal of Class and Culture, 2025, 4/1:85-94 www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-c...

@plutopress.bsky.social Out today: 1st major analysis of symptom of neo-liberalism that has now become problem of political practice, namely, Starmer's Labour Party. Pleased to have made a contribution to book & hats off to Mark for bringing it together www.plutobooks.com/978074535109...

Out today: 1st major analysis of symptom of neo-liberalism that has now become problem of political practice, namely, Starmer's Labour Party. Pleased to have made a contribution to book & hats off to Mark for bringing it together www.plutobooks.com/978074535109...

Published today: 1st major extended analysis of the symptom of neo-liberalism that has now become problem of political practice, namely, Starmer's Labour Party. Pleased to have made a contribution to the book and hats off to Mark for bringing it together www.plutobooks.com/978074535109...

Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military: Employees outraged by report Azure platform used by Israel to store surveillance data collected on Palestinians www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

@leftlanepolitics.bsky.social My piece (third down) called 'What will Gen Z be looking for in the [Corbyn-led] new party?' in The Left Lane theleftlane2024.substack.com/p/what-shoul...