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A selection of the most interesting stories out there for the evening of Monday 23rd December.
by Political News - 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
by Parliament Spy - 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
by The Commentator - 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
by The Commentator - 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
by Phoenix - 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
by Alex Wild - 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
by Natalie Glanvill - 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
by - 21 October 2012
Festive Unions at Tory Conference

Festive Unions at Tory Conference
by Belle Virgil - 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
by Guy Bentley - 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'
by The Commentator - 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
by - 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'
by The Commentator - 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.
by Charles Crawford - 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.
by Harry Cole - 27 June 2011