Apparently there are 70,000 full time jobs sustained by live bird shooting in the UK, and the ‘sport’ generates revenues of over £1.5bn a year, according to a PACEC survey, paid for by the Countryside Alliance, British Association for Shooting and Conservation, and the Country Land and Business Association. Wow! That’s an awful lot of …
Well, there I was predicting that Mugabe wouldn’t give much of a t*ss about an international day of demonstrations, but not quite expecting him to admit he doesn’t. According to AFLCIOnow, Mad Bob told his official newspaper: “The police were right in dealing sternly with the ZCTU leaders.…Some people are crying foul that they were …
“Wot no human rights?” Well, that was the dampest demo I’ve ever been on. Made the leaflets go a bit mushy, but passers by were pretty cheery – even if the Embassy door stayed bolted shut for the duration. Respect to Sean here who I think got damper than most – I, and nearly everyone …
A bit of a barney is breaking out over Labour conference lanyards (those little strings that hold your pass round your neck). In an attempt to plug holes in the coffers, sponsorship of anything that moves is vital, and the organisers have pulled off a coup in getting a company to splurge their name all …
Well, not *all the way* to Zimbabwe as you’d have to be pretty stupid, or very brave for that, but to that little corner of a foreign field that will be forever Zimbabwe – namely their embassy in London. The TUC are having a demo there on Friday at lunchtime (1pm), in protest at the …
Following up on my post from yesterday – Things are getting worse in Zimbabwe. The 400 union activists and officials arrested are still inside and in a very bad way. Wellington Chibebe is beaten so badly they have had to move him to a hospital. Take a spare moment if you can to write a …
At the TUC in Brighton yesterday, we heard a powerful speech from Thabitha Khumalo, 3rd VP of the ZCTU, the TUC’s equivalent body in Zimbabwe. She spoke frankly about the personal harm she had already faced, and was willing to face in the future, to help bring stability and democracy to her country, things we …
The BOFH (the Register’s legendary comedy IT contractor, a kind of cross between Blackadder and Jeremy Clarkson) gets into the union bargaining business. Think he could be onto a good career change here…
This week I’ve been pondering going to see “A Scanner Darkly”, as I’m all home alone – cinema isn’t something I normally get the oppo for. When I rang the missus, she asked why I wasn’t more interested in Snakes On A Plane – after all I’d been telling her about it for ages, whereas …
Seems like things are getting tricky for McDonalds. Still losing share after a healthy makeover, in the States they seem to be turning for parterships to the few people who’ll still have them. Yes, you guessed it, the only people dodgy enough out there must be monster car makers Hummer. McD’s are actually handing out …