At the recent G8 protests in Scotland there were some 450 people detained by the police. These are different from arrests, as the police in Scotland have the powers to "detain" for a set length of time.
Firefighters across Suffolk held their third short strike on Monday of this week, and were due out again on Thursday, when a national demonstration was to take place in their support.
Security guards working for Chubb at Eurostar depots at North Pole (west London), Waterloo and Ashford International have voted unanimously for action to win union recognition.
Terrorists can plant bombs, but only the government can take away our fundamental freedoms.
Blair's proposals will not protect Britain from terror. Not one of the proposals would have stopped the events of 7 July. They do not addresss the problems.
The first so called terror laws New Labour introduced in 2000 were so draconian I am surprised that these new proposals go even further away from Britain’s basic laws and traditions.
Acclaimed film director Ken Loach spoke to Socialist Worker about the latest anti-terror proposals:
"Have you been stopped before?" "Yes, twice in the last two weeks," I answer. The policeman at Euston tube station seems quite excited.
Tens of thousands of people held a minute’s silence to remember Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian man shot by police, at Burgess Park in south London last week.
"We’ve all got to be as British as Carry On films and scotch eggs and falling over on the beach while trying to change into your swimming trunks with a towel on. We should all feel the same mysterious pang at the sight of the queen. We do indeed need to inculcate this Britishness, especially into young Muslims."Tory MP Boris Johnson, helpfully clarifying the debate about what constitutes British values
This government has brought in 700 new offences since 1997 — but it hasn’t helped stop terrorism. Now it has unveiled draconian proposals that will further undermine civil liberties.
You can be stopped and searched mainly for two reasons:
