On 10 June the Tories submitted a motion to a full meeting of the Greater London Assembly condemning the strike by the RMT then taking place.
Val shawcross, Labour member of the assembly for Lambeth and Southwark moved an amendment to this motion.
Not one which defended the strike, but one which criticised the Mayor, [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 29, 2009
Who defended the RMT on the Greater London Assembly?
June 21, 2009
Bob Crow speaks out about Europe (and says a number of other things)
From a two page interview with Bob Crow in Saturday’s The Guardian:
“Crow’s politics are fascinating. He is an internationalist who recently stood in the European elections on an anti-EU ticket as part of a trade union coalition. As far as he’s concerned, the EU is a capitalist conspiracy to bring wage rates down. Does that [...]
June 13, 2009
What do the Euro elections tell us?
The most striking event of the evening was the gaining of two seats by the BNP and the persistence of the UKIP.
The BNP increased its vote 808,200(6.3%) to 943,598. They also won tow MEPS. Nick Griffin in the North West and Andrew Brons.
This is a great success for the BNP.
It isn’t necessarily the breakthrough they [...]
