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2 Jul 2024
It is with incredible sadness and so many tears that we have had to say goodbye to our beloved rescued dog, Hugo. We hope we gave him the best life possible after such a bad start that he had. As long as we live here, we shall have him with us at the bottom of the garden. xxx
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Jun 9
#NigelFarage #ReformUK
Farage's political stunt: Unions cannot formally affiliate to Reform UK because the party operates as a limited company with no constitutional mechanism or internal rulebook to accept organisational affiliations. Background here:
theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Jun 9
#UnionsforAll Unions rebuff Farage and say Reform ‘cosplaying’ as workers’ champions: TUC, GMB and Unison leaders reject invitation to affiliate to Reform amid rising support for party among their members
theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Unions rebuff Farage and say Reform ‘cosplaying’ as workers’ champions: TUC, GMB and Unison leaders reject invitation to affiliate to Reform amid rising support for party among their members
theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Jun 6
Canadian warehouse workers sign first-ever union deal with Walmart: Union says collective agreement is just the start of a broader fight to unionize major employers across the country
theguardian.com/business/202…
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Jun 6
My piece in the Herald today called 'Second votes and SNP: what Scotland’s 2026 election exposed' on the peculiarities of the Additional Member System in Scotland - a mix of PR and 1st-past-the-post
heraldscotland.com/politics/…
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Jun 3
#unionsforall Entitled 'A record-breaking rise in trade union membership', that maybe gives the wrong impression as union are still very much not out of the woods yet. Nonetheless, useful summary of the 2025 stats that were released last week
tuc.org.uk/blogs/record-brea…
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Jun 3
Entitled 'A record-breaking rise in trade union membership', that maybe gives the wrong impression as union are still very much not out of the woods yet. Nonetheless, useful summary of the 2025 stats that were released last week
tuc.org.uk/blogs/record-brea…
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Jun 1
My National pieced today on the complexities and conundrums of the so-called 'second' or list/regional vote for the Scottish Parliament elections called 'Scottish elections showed a problem with the list vote. Can we fix it?'
thenational.scot/politics/26…
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Jun 1
My piece in The National today on the complexities and conundrums of the so-called 'second' or list/regional vote for the Scottish Parliament elections - should it stay or should it go (as Wales has already done)?
thenational.scot/politics/26…
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Gregor Gall retweeted
The Clash: Overpowered by Funk
youtu.be/9LyTWtjYHHA?si=-8IQ…
@TheClash @GCPunkNewWave @NewWaveMuzic @JoeStrummer @leftacademic @TonyBeesley @caroline_binnie
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May 30
#unionsforall 6 months before the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6, Rockstar employees in the UK have formed a union
pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/…
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May 28
#unionsforall Good new for unions today: The proportion of UK employees who were union members rose from 22.0% in 2024 to 22.4% in 2025 where the number of union members increased by 192,000 on the year to 6.6 million.
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May 28
As former RMT union leader, Mick Lynch, re-emerges into the public light as a political commentator, my biography of him - 'Mick Lynch: The making of a working-class hero' is still available from Manchester University Press
manchesteruniversitypress.co…
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May 28
As former RMT union leader, Mick Lynch, re-emerges into the public light as a political commentator, my biography of him - 'Mick Lynch: The making of a working-class hero' is still available from Manchester University Press
manchesteruniversitypress.co…
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May 26
Quoted in this in-depth piece in the Times Higher on the ramifications of the financial crisis in universities in Britain
timeshighereducation.com/dep…
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May 21
STUC reports 826% increase in Scotland’s 10 richest individuals' wealth since 1999 & their combined wealth (£23bn) exceeds Scot Gov's Income Tax revenue for 2026/27 (£21.5bn). Another reason to read 'A New Scotland' on what to do about this.
plutobooks.com/product/a-new…
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May 20
Google DeepMind talking with unions amid staff concern over US and Israel’s AI use - company agrees to Acas talks after workers sign petitions about governments’ AI use for defence & intelligence. Hope it's genuine move forward & not attempt at obfuscation
theguardian.com/technology/2…
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May 20
March 2026 was the third month this year with low levels of strike activity: 23,000 days not worked in 43 strikes by 6,000 workers. However, these statistics are still well above the low point before the strike wave of 2022-2023.
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May 11
Great band. We had Keep on Keeping On and It Can Be Done blasting at the Edinburgh May Day. I look forward to reading the book!
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