Two conflicting perspectives at the heart of the wildcat strikes spreading across Britain threaten to turn this conflict into a xenophobic safety valve for corporate business interests as we face global economic meltdown. The Italian company is importing cheap labour from abroad to the exclusion of local workers, pitting worker against worker in a classic […]
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Oil industry strikes are spreading across Scotland and northern England as British refinery workers protest over use of “foreign workers” to the exclusion of locals. Angry workers at Lindsey and Conoco Phillips refineries in North Lincolnshire are striking over a new contract awarded to an Italian contractor who is only using Italians. The big question
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Obama Reads Bush’s Letter – watch more funny videos Barack Obama shares the letter Bush left for him in the oval office. We need a bit of funny in this Vale of Tears and this video does the job. Madam Miaow says … visit Anna Chen’s website here: Home Anna’s food blog here: http://annacheneats.blogspot.com/
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I was startled by this letter in The Guardian: Given Mark Thompson’s devotion to the cause of BBC impartiality, perhaps he could reassure us that when he went on his charm offensive to Israel in 2005 and held talks with Ariel Sharon, he took the opportunity to talk also to Palestinian leaders in the occupied
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Tony Benn argues for the BBC to broadcast the humanitarian aid appeal and cheekily does it himself. What was that address again, Tone? Donations can be made via the DEC website www.dec.org.uk 24 hour credit card line 0370 60 60 900 Cheques made payable to “DEC Gaza Crisis” Send to:DEC Gaza Crisis AppealPO Box 999,
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In an unprecedented turn that goes some way to restoring my faith in people, ITV, Channel 4 and Five are to show a charity appeal for Gaza (due Monday) despite the BBC’s shameful decision not to run the film. We’ve all seen the horror of state of the art technology versus the equivalent of peashooters
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