Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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THE Tories have received a “green light” to intensify the ruling class offensive on every front, Communist Party general secretary Robert Griffiths declared on Monday evening.
Addressing an emergency meeting of the party’s political committee, he forecast a “renewed assault” on working-class living standards, public services and democratic rights, while renewal of Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system would “accelerate a new arms race and threaten world peace.”
Griffiths warned that local government and the welfare state were now in danger of being “hacked to death” by a fresh and bigger round of cuts, while workers could expect vicious attacks on their employment and trade union rights.
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