Trash talk
YOU can tell a union has lurched too far to the left when it suspends a firebrand like Angela Rayner.
Unite, Labour’s biggest paymasters, accused the Deputy Prime Minister of betraying workers by urging them to accept a deal to end a six-month bins strike.
AFPStarmer and Rayner must tell the unions who is in charge – or they’ll end up in the dustbin of history[/caption]
This is the same Angela Rayner who is pushing through an employment rights bill that would strengthen the power of unions in the workplace and impose a costly burden on struggling businesses.
But that’s not enough for the powerbrokers of Unite, who donated more than £400,000 to the Labour Party in the first quarter of 2025, more than any other union.
The union is now “reviewing” its relationship with Labour, a veiled threat to stop donations if the Government fails to submit to their will in future.
Birmingham’s 450,000 council taxpayers have experienced what happens when militant unions get too much power — cat-sized rats in areas with overflowing bins and fly-tipping.
Sir Keir Starmer and Ms Rayner have pandered more than enough to the unions, with inflation-busting pay rises for junior doctors who keep coming back for more.
It’s time to tell them who’s in charge or end up in the dustbin of history.
Lack of Trust
WITH every passing day it gets harder for the Chancellor to convince us that her plan for growth is working.
Yesterday the outlook grew gloomier with the news that the economy had contracted for the second month in a row.
Labour’s U-turn on cutting the bloated welfare bill and winter fuel payments has left Rachel Reeves with little option but to raise taxes in the autumn budget.
But it’s her disastrous decision to hike National Insurance contributions which has caused the biggest squeeze on jobs and wages.
The latest victim is the National Trust, which has announced plans to axe 550 jobs because of rising costs after changes in the Chancellor’s first Budget pushed up labour costs.
Once again, it’s decent, hard-working Brits who pay the price.
Oasis of calm
IT’S hard to top the glorious blue skies and warm weather we’re enjoying — but Oasis have done it for Joanne McSorley.
Joanne has movingly told how listening to their music helped her to pull through after she was horrifically injured in the Manchester Arena bombing.
She has now travelled back to the city for the first time since the 2017 terror attack to see Liam and Noel in concert.
As some might say, they’ve brought her sunshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.
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