Assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER reports on day 1 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel
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Pushing back against BBC bias
Boris Johnson arrives at BBC studios during the election for a debate with Jeremy Corbyn
Strike Map co-founder HENRY FOWLER discusses the significance of today’s joint union letter to video game giant Rockstar, demanding trade union recognition for its workers. Their conversation highlights how our movement can harness its collective power to rebuild union power across the private sector
The PM leaves office having squandered Labour’s electoral mandate and alienated its grassroots. He will not be missed, writes BRIAN LEISHMAN MP
Durham Miners’ Association chair STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the Reform threat, what’s needed from Labour and why the Big Meeting will never lose its politics
Poland’s anger over Ukraine’s celebration of the Nazi collaborationist UPA reflects more than historical grievance, says KENNY COYLE
Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS
DECEMBER’S general election laid bare the BBC’s anti-Labour bias. Not a day went by without some kind of thinly veiled attack on the party — from Laura Kuenssberg’s close breach of electoral laws to the smug looks of BBC journalists when the disastrous exit poll came in.
Former university lecturer Richard House watched the public broadcaster’s coverage in horror. Over the election period, he sent complaint after complaint to the BBC, demanding the broadcaster redress its imbalanced reporting. But the academic’s concerns fell on deaf ears.
So House decided to take his campaign one step further — now he is calling for an independent inquiry into the BBC’s coverage of the 2019 general election.
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