BBC News – Redundancy rules could be relaxed, says government. We never seem to learn do we ? The Tories always try to dismantle laws that protect people when in work under the guise of helping business to create jobs. What it of course would mean would be that firms could sack you whenever they [...]
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We’ve got to blame someone, so why not us ?
BBC News – Britain’s efforts to shape the Middle East in the last century. We seem to have the habit in this country to over analyse stuff and we seem to always end up blaming ourselves for things happening around the world. We have politicians so they can make the decisions and take the actions [...]
People Power
BBC News – Buckinghamshire library emptied in cuts protest. Let’s hope we see more like this in the coming months when people realise exactly how the Conservative led government’s cut will decimate our public services. Good for them ! Related articles Library clears its shelves in protest at closure threat | Books | The Guardian (guardian.co.uk) Library [...]
We do need fixing
Welfare reform: Stop hoping for the worst and give Duncan Smith a chance | Martin Kettle | Comment is free | The Guardian. I’ve just watched a programme on Channel 4 called Britain’s Trillion Pound Horror Story the basic premise of which was if you cut taxes and have a basic flat tax and low [...]
