HOME SECRETARY David Blunkett didn't wait to see the documentary, The Secret Policeman, before he attacked the BBC. The documentary exposed an incredible degree of police racism in Manchester and in other areas.
ANGER IS rising across Britain as more and more people realise that George Bush is due to be here for three days next month. Anti-war campaigners report feeling is such that protests called to coincide with the chief warmonger's visit on 19, 20 and 21 November could rival previous mobilisations.
PAUL AND Caroline Medhurst are two of the workers on strike for a living wage this week in London.
BOSSES IN Britain's top 100 companies have seen their pay shoot up by 288 percent in the last ten years. That is more than six times faster than the average worker's pay has risen. The bosses' gluttony was exposed in figures last week from Income Data Services. Around 62 percent of the directors of the top companies got total earnings of more than £1 million.
TONY BLAIR and David Blunkett urged police and local councils to unleash a ferocious assault on some of the most vulnerable people in society this week. Their excuse was a drive against "anti-social behaviour". The government says this will be a "top priority" as it tries to "regain the confidence of voters" which means trying to turn against easy scapegoats.
Police join strikes TENS OF thousands of public sector workers are in the middle of a major strike wave over pay in Greece. Prime minister Costas Simitis said there is no money for pay rises, in part because of the spiralling cost of next year's Athens Olympics.
A flood of high water bills WATER BILLS are set to soar by up to a third after the private utility companies gets the go-ahead to raise prices. The water companies have made billions since privatisation in 1990, but they refuse to pay for much needed repairs themselves. Instead we will have to pay through higher bills.
Sacked for following his doctor's orders TUBE DRIVERS in the RMT rail union are balloting for strike action at Edgware Road depot over a driver who was sacked while on sick leave.
HUNDREDS OF protesters joined an angry demonstration against GM foods called by Friends of the Earth on Monday of this week.
THE FIGHT for fair pay for civil and public servants stepped up a gear last week. PCS union reps and officials from across the country met to plan rallies in major towns and cities, coordinate future action and prepare a national pay claim for 2004.
