Letters

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LETTERS—Grouse shooting rule shows what the elite are about 

As if we need yet another example of how out of touch the Tories are, here we go again.  

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Letters—The lack of Covid-19 testing is yet another Tory disaster

Cambridge university recently announced that it will be providing free weekly Covid-19 tests to all students living in college accommodation.

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Letters—It’s time for a new squatters’ movement to win us housing

The horrendous situation facing renters during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in the private sector, is going to get much worse after 21 September

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Letters - Debenhams workers show fighting back is possible

On 11 August, I along with thousands of other workers at Debenhams, was made redundant. The primary emotion that all of us are feeling is shock, but we are also angry. 

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Letters—Scrapping our public health body is all about deflection

Scapegoating is behind the Tory decision to scrap Public Health England (PHE), growing support for Scottish independence, plus more.

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Letters—The Met fails again over the Stephen Lawrence murder

 

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Letters- 'We are determined to stay on the streets in Portland'

Our protests In Portland started with the Minneapolis uprising and have continued every day for well over two months.

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Letters - ‘Kickstart’ program will give bosses opportunity to exploit

Measures announced in Rishi Sunak’s mini-budget supposedly to help workers have been welcomed by the TUC.

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Letters—New law in Philippines spells danger for all political activists

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte finally passed the dangerous new anti-terror bill into law this month.

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Letters—we’ve become fed up with the right in the Labour Party

I’m sickened by the decision to sack Rebecca Long-Bailey from the shadow cabinet

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LETTERS - We social housing residents are fighting the developers

We live in a social housing block of 30 flats in west London, and our residents’ association is fighting a development that is taking away our space.

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Letters—we’re inspired to tear down slaver’s Edinburgh statue

Inspired by events in Bristol, Edinburgh Stand Up To Racism has been holding protests at the Henry Dundas statue at St Andrew Square.

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Letters: Solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement in Ireland

Almost 70 Black Lives Matter protesters have been issued with fines for attending the socially-distanced rallies in Derry and Belfast on Saturday 6 June. 

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Letters—We have to say her name as well—it was Breonna Taylor 

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has shaken the US and large parts of the world to its core.

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Letters - South Korea’s second wave is a real warning for Britain 

South Korea is witnessing what seems to be the beginning of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Letters—Why are the press ignoring the Covid-19 gender gap? 

I was struck this week by the mainstream media’s lack of interest in the latest report from the Fawcett Society.The differential impact of Covid-19 on BAME communities has been widely reported but little attention has been given to the issue of women and the pandemic. 

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Letters—we must end the housing crisis before lockdown’s over

We cannot go back to the same old housing crisis—something has to change

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Letters—We workers need more than just applause and gratitude

As a support worker I have seen recently the outpouring of affection and respect lavished upon us “key workers”. 

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Letters : We made silence political 

In Oxfordshire we wanted to make sure that last week’s Workers’ Memorial Day action to remember health and care staff was more than a silent protest.

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Letters - Remember the dead but keep up fight for the living

In the midst of a global  pandemic it is easy to forget about other health hazards. But asbestos is still the number one occupational killer in Britain with over 5,000 deaths per year.

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