It’s Not Stalinism — It’s the Law

It appears that there is generalised and shocking ignorance of the constitution and the law as it applies to the Civil Service, judging by the gitstorm stirred up by the arrest and questioning of the Shadow Minister for Immigration, Damian Green.

Parliamentary Privilege only applies to what is said in the Commons and Lords. Furthermore, while [...]

WPI International Labour Solidarity Committee Statement

LET US BEAT BACK THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE ISLAMIC REGIME IN IRAN AGAINST LABOUR LEADERS!
Friends,
The Islamic regime of Iran has intensified its onslaught against labour leaders. That is, in fact, the regime’s response to the expanding workers’ protests aimed at gaining their demands as well as their relentless endeavours to create their independent organizations. By [...]

Failure To Regulate Asbestos And Endosulfan

The ITUC has condemned the decision to exclude chrysotile asbestos and the pesticide endosulfan from the list of dangerous products under the Rotterdam Convention, the international agreement which regulates exports of hazardous chemicals.
“Industry lobbies and the profit motive have tragically prevailed over the safety of workers and consumers with the refusal to include these two [...]

Sixth Attempt To Remove Alliance Ngondiop

Alliance Ngondiop, a Cameroon national and resident of Leicester,was ‘Captured’ when reporting to the Immigration service on Wednesday 3rd September and is currently detained in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on British Airways flight BA302 on Saturday 15th November @ 06:15 from Heathrow Airport [...]