There’s a new generation of workers who have known nothing but Tory Government
What now matters is how the new Prime Minister uses the mandate given to him. If wielded on behalf of working people, we could start to see the shoots of recovery spring up across the nation and lightness shine.
In elections gone past, breaking a commitment to the electorate would, rightly, have been considered a cardinal sin.
Unite has thrown down the gauntlet to the Labour Party and challenged them to step up for workers.
Education isn’t just for the young and doesn’t necessarily always have to be delivered in the ‘traditional’ academic setting. We’re never done learning. Not to get too sanctimonious about it but whether it’s in the classroom, the lecture hall or the shop floor, every interaction with a teacher or worker is an opportunity for learning and growth.
IN the heady days of General
Just last week President Biden slapped 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and 50% on Chinese solar panels. Coupled with the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act – the US government’s flagship climate legislation channelling $369 billion towards US clean energy projects – this is a clear attempt to dominate the industries of the future.
It seems we spend a lot of time in contemporary politics marking anniversaries. This can sometimes seem a bit arbitrary. There are thousands of important political moments from the past and normally more than one way to interpret them today. Last week of course marked the 25th anniversary of the reconvening of the Scottish Parliament. Cue a flurry of thought pieces and political interventions timed to garner far more interest than if they were published last year or next.
DO you know your NSET from your ESJTP? How about the JTC to the FWC? Or the difference between your Verity House to Bute House agreements? No – nothing?
Roz Foyer: Workers have had enough of nice ideas from the SNP and want to see action The big pitfall of writing my column on political developments is, in all honesty, this piece may be completely out of date by the time my words go to print. However, and I say this tentatively, I think we’re over the turbulence that’s engulfed Scottish politics for the past two weeks. Hopefully anyway.
