It’s become a mantra, endlessly repeated by Remainer unions: “Workers must not pay the price of Brexit.” What price would that be? And how about acknowledging the price of staying in the EU?
As most of the rail unions know, the future of their industry is intimately bound up with Brexit. Only independence from the EU can provide the freedom to run our railways in the national interest…
The SNP’s minority administration in Edinburgh is conspiring in the attempt to foil Brexit and the struggle to achieve sovereignty and independence for the whole of Britain. But it’s not doing well…
Parliament’s failure to act on our vote to leave the EU has sparked democratic activity and debate across the country…
The genie of independence is out of the bottle, and the fight has already started. Time, then, to consider what Britain needs to achieve that aim…
Britain has been helping to keep the ailing currency afloat – using our pensions as collateral…
The collapse of British Steel will be disastrous for its 5,000 workers and 20,000 others in the supply chain – and it will damage British industry too.
Through the treachery of the government and MPs, Britain is in political and economic limbo. Instead of being free to take back control, they have handed the future of the country over to the EU…
As both the EU and the UK government seek to thwart the results of the biggest democratic decision in our history, it is time to take stock of where we are, and how we can preserve and develop fishing…
Even the government admits the rail system is a mess. Its solution could make matters worse…
Change is in the air in the NHS, with its most senior managers reportedly pressing for repeal of the destructive Health and Social Care Act. And there are new calls to stop looting doctors and nurses from abroad…
The June 2016 referendum result was entirely rational. It represented a sophisticated view of the connection between economics and politics.…
18 March 2019
Brexit is about politics first and foremost. But with a global economic slump coming, it makes economic sense too.
The Scottish separatists have become Britain’s “can’t do” party. They can’t push through separation, and they haven’t been able to stop Brexit. And their stewardship of the Scottish economy is increasingly rejected…
As our eyes are drawn to parliament’s Brexit pantomime, another government failure threatens the world of education…
Why would 643 people sitting in a Westminster conclave think they can outweigh 17.4 million votes? But those who voted for Brexit do not have the luxury of sitting back and spectating events…
Rail workers in the RMT union have scored a significant victory in their battle with private train companies to secure the future of guards on trains. It’s part of a wider fight…
The government published its overdue NHS Long Term Plan for England in January. There’s significant spending – but several critical weaknesses…
While diverting our attention with a pretence of negotiating withdrawal from the EU, the government has been signing Britain up to the developing EU army – and paying a huge chunk of the cost…
At a time when many in the country are becoming alive to the possibilities of control in the context of Britain and the European Union, collective control of pay is at a low point. That has got to change…
With cold weather on the way, the European Court of Justice has seen fit to meddle in the power market…
In animal welfare, as in so much, the EU likes to pose as an authority and protector of standards. The record tells us otherwise…
In recent years, UK academia has become increasingly hooked on a steady supply of grants from the European Union. But even without Brexit that tap could never run indefinitely. Time to set our own priorities…
While Britain’s workers cherish their National Health Service, the locally delivered and essential social services that support NHS provision are in comparison rather unloved…
Continued membership of the EU – and some pro-EU unions are pushing hard in that direction – would doom Britain’s railways to eternal privatisation.
The referendum took a giant step along the road to freedom. But the job is not finished. Achieving independence will require a change in our thinking.
Two closely related financial opportunities present themselves next year when Britain leaves the EU…
