“We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich,” business secretary Peter Mandelson once famously declared. For many, this statement summed up the attitude behind New Labour: Ignore inequality; if anything, the poor will benefit if the rich get even richer because some of the wealth will ‘trickle down’.
Staff at Manchester College will go on a one day strike on August 27, protesting against compulsory redundancies and union intimidation.
This week will see a number of Manchester residents head down to London for this year’s Climate Camp. They will converge, with thousands from around the country, at an undisclosed location somewhere inside the M25.
This month sees the official launch of Northern Indymedia, a vibrant news resource “for all those seeking a better world in the grim north and beyond”.
Home Secretary Alan Johnson recently re-launched the National Identity Scheme with the unveiling of a newly designed ID card.
There are signs that a new round of strikes by fire fighters could take place in the next month. The government could face industrial action on a scale not seen since the Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU) strike of 2002.
Manchester City fans may have welcomed the multi-billion pound take over of their club, relishing the opportunity to see superstars play at the City of Manchester stadium. Elsewhere in Europe new owners have not been greeted with open arms.
