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Trains sit on the tracks at Norwich railway station as memebrs of the TSSA union go on strike
by Nana Backland, Merseyside Morning Star Readers & Supporters Group
The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
IF YOU want an illustration of how the British economy transports cash out of public services and into the hands of investors while short-changing the public, have a look at Porterbrook.
It is one of the most important firms in the privatised rail industry, but is barely mentioned on the news.
Rail staff are going on strike to stop their pay being cut, but the latest accounts show Porterbrook’s boss got a 36 per cent pay rise, taking their salary to £915,000 a year. Porterbrook shareholders got £80 million in dividends.
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
