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A selection of the most interesting stories out there for the evening of Monday 23rd December.
- 23 December 2019
Ed Miliband's biggest donor and his Communist Party plea
Unite the Union is begging its members to help prop up the Morning Star newspaper, founded in 1930 by the Communist Party of Britain
- 18 April 2013
Teachers should teach 20 hour weeks, says union
Teachers should work no more than 20 hours a week, so they can see their own children and eat lunch, claims Britain's National Union of Teachers
- 7 April 2013
Union strikes hit third sector as Charity Commission shuts up shop
Charity Commission workers are set to walk out this afternoon in solidarity with the Public and Commercial Services Union
- 5 April 2013
Video: Union thugs attack right-winger at protest
The Blaze has obtained video of US commentator Steven Crowder being attacked at a rally in Michigan
- 11 December 2012
The farce of union pilgrims
The Government’s own estimates indicate that if the amount of public sector facility time was reduced to levels in line with the private sector, 2,172 staff could return to work and actually do the jobs taxpayers are paying them to do. This is hardly an unreasonable request
- 31 October 2012
Taxpayer subsidies to trade unions are higher than ever before
The proportion of 'pilgrims' (public sector staff working for trade unions) may be rising says the TPA
- 30 October 2012
Unions need an iron fist, not an open one
Thatcher's legacy is not one of negotiation and arbitration with the unions and revising her legacy will not dupe us into dealing with the unions
- 21 October 2012
Festive Unions at Tory Conference
Festive Unions at Tory Conference
- 7 October 2012
The state funding swindle: how left wing think-tanks are pulling taxpayer-funded wool over our eyes
Left wing think tanks are receiving hundreds of thousands of taxpayer pounds to spread their ideology. Those on the right prefer voluntary donations rather than coercive taxation to win the battle of ideas
- 20 September 2012
Union funded fact-checkers get fat cheques for false facts
Richard Murphy, of the Tax Justice Network, has hurled incorrect accusations at the Adam Smith Institute. Remarkable for a nominee for 'left wing thinker of the year'
- 19 September 2012
Boris zoinks off the Geiger counter of popularity, sure – but not because he’s a pragmatist
Being naturally skeptical of the state is a crucial conservative tradition that must be upheld
- 30 July 2012
For Sale: One political party leader, barely used with hypocrisy included as standard... £5001 O.N.O
Ed Miliband's £5000 donation cap is a stark admission of being corruptible 'for less than the price of a second hand Vauxhall Corsa'
- 16 April 2012
Noddy? Please read Ed Miliband's Speech
Fmr Amb, Charles Crawford argues that Ed Miliband's speech was all so thin and phoney, aimed at a sound-bite culture. The words values or value appear 43 times. But repeating the word values like a parrot is, in fact, valueless.
- 28 September 2011
The unions can't be allowed to destroy the recovery, still less at taxpayers' expense
No taxpayer money should go into union coffers regardless of political expediency, says our UK Politics Editor Harry Cole.
- 27 June 2011
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