By David Cartwright, Unite, Glasgow Retired Members’ Branch Since last November, a campaign has been underway to save oil refinery jobs at Grangemouth in Central
Category: Science & Environment Archive

The High Speed train – is it worth the cost?
TV review by Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member This week’s Panorama programme investigated the reasons behind the ballooning costs of HS2, the high-speed rail

By Mark Langabeer – Hastings & Rye Labour Party member June 2023 witnessed the killing of two students and a caretaker and serious injuries to

Climate change policy: dominated by complacency and profit
By John Pickard It isn’t difficult to find the key reason for Labour losing so many votes to the Green Party and for the latter

Fixing the climate – it just ain’t profitable
By Michael Roberts In 2023, it was the first time in recorded history that the global surface temperature of the planet breached 2.0°C above the

Privatised water is making us poor…and ill!
By Joe Langabeer Public water supplies are not only expensive and prone to frequent interruptions through leaks and bursts, they are now also causing significant

Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour Member In last Thursday’s episode of Dispatches, the reporter, Ellie Flynn described herself as a cola addict.

The ‘green’ claims of big brands uncovered
Letter from Mark Langabeer, Hastings and Rye Labour member In July 2022, temperatures in the UK reached a record level, over 40oC, and there were

Greed in the Video Game Industry
By Joe Langabeer – Hastings and Rye Labour member The video game industry is experiencing a period of turbulence in its workforce. Over the past

Cass Review: Transphobic fist in a velvet glove.
By Ray Goodspeed The last week has seen an orgy of spiteful glee from the conservative right and their allies in the right-wing media as