Thousands of postal workers restarted their long running dispute with Royal Mail today by walking out in the first of two planned 48-hour strikes.
A new sentiment has gripped mainstream liberal thinking in Britain over the last few years – one which regards Muslims as uniquely problematic and in need of forceful integration into "superior" Western values.
Tony Benn and Labour national executive member Walter Wolfgang are set to defy the law and lead a banned anti-war march down Whitehall to parliament next Monday—the day Gordon Brown has promised to deliver a statement on Britain's presence in occupied Iraq.
Gordon Brown was in Basra in Iraq on Tuesday of this week to announce that 1,000 British troops would leave the city by the end of the year. But 4,000 will remain in Iraq – despite being driven out of Basra city last month.
by Gareth Eales, branch secretary, Northamptonshire Amal CWU
The fight between the CWU postal workers' union and Royal Mail is a political dispute in which Gordon Brown is the real power behind the scenes.
Attacks on the union in Watford Bosses called in police to attempt to move workers they were disciplining from the Watford mail centre on Friday of last week – a move that could have ended in tragedy.
As political debate centres on the imminence of a general election, this should not mask the fact that Gordon Brown's electoral strategy is to move New Labour yet further rightwards to win Tory votes.
Over 500 activists protested on Monday of this week at the Faslane nuclear base in Scotland. This was the final day of the year-long Faslane 365 campaign. Over 160 protesters were arrested at the demonstration.
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, shadow minister for community cohesion, sparked outrage last weekend by saying people who vote for the fascist British National Party (BNP) have "very legitimate views" on immigration.
Gordon Brown is set to reveal this month the comprehensive spending review that outlines public spending for the next three years.
