Wednesday sees an important milestone in modern UK politics. With a one-day strike coordinated by the TUC, involving several unions whose members have already balloted
Month: January 2023
Steve McKenzie (UNITE Community – Greenwich, Lewisham, Bexley) It should be becoming crystal clear to all socialists, that an effective shop stewards’ movement is absolutely
Letter from Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) Last week, the BBC’s current affairs programme, Question Time, was devoted to the crisis within the NHS.
Letter from Bob Edwards in Harlow When I realised how serious climate change was, I floated the ‘Doctor Strangelove’ perspective: that billionaires were booking places
Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member. I recently attended a Hastings and Rye Labour Party General Committee meeting. There was a motion, moved
Andy Ford, Unite Rep, NHS There has been a lot of discussion in the press about the formerly obscure NHS Pay Review Body. Government ministers
By Michael Roberts China is in deep trouble. Its zero-COVID policy has failed; the economy has slowed to a halt; it now has a falling
By Sam Gleaden, mental health worker The ‘low serotonin’ hypothesis has been the backbone of the psychiatric approach to depression for the past 40 years.
Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, were in the Swiss resort of Davos this week, rubbing shoulders with the world’s super-rich and their political
Review by Mark Langabeer (Hastings and Rye Labour member) ITV’s Tonight programme, on January 12, gave a glimpse of the crises in the Health Service. ‘When
