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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
TAYLOR WIMPEY is not the only Tory-connected firm queueing up for Rishi Sunak’s mortgage support.
Businessman John Bloor, owner of Bloor Homes, has given the Tories over £3 million. He gave them £950,000 in 2019 to help fund the election campaign alone.
Bloor Homes’ latest annual report, for the year up to June 2020, shows that it made £152m profit on a £1 billion turnover — that’s slightly down on the previous year, but still a massive amount.
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
