Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

HSBC faces union fight over bank managers’ contracts

Unite says HSBC wants to halve sickness absence pay for branch managers to 26 weeks and up the working week to six days HSBC, which last week doubled its first-half profits to £7.2bn, today faced a confrontation with unions after demanding changes to the contracts of its branch managers. According...
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Boris Johnson: imagine being him

Reader, take my hand. Come with me on a journey of imagination. You are Boris Johnson. You are, therefore, a ferociously ambitious politician blessed with both a stellar self-belief that sometimes looks like arrogance and a gift for bringing a smile to voters’ faces that others envy and fear....
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Good and bad news from moderate and militant Islam | Michael White

My hunch is that this phase of Islamic militancy will eventually be seen as a defensive and temporary attempt to stem the modernisation of the faith, its adaption to science, rationality and respect for individual conscience. But that does not make it any less scary today Did you spot the good news...
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Greener, cheaper and accountable | Robert McIlveen

Micro-renewables do not make economic sense. Policymakers must take responsibilty for getting value from taxpayers’ money Chris Huhne’s announcement that local authorities will be allowed to sell electricity to the National Grid is, on the face of it, logical – councils have lots of buildings...
August 10th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

Former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy and wife separate

Kennedy married Sarah Gurling in 2002 and their son, Donald, was born during the 2005 general election campaign while he was still party leader Charles Kennedy, the former Liberal Democrat leader, and his wife Sarah are to separate, they announced yesterday. A statement issued by the couple’s...
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Treasury scorns EU direct tax proposal

Britain will oppose European Union proposals to introduce direct taxation from Brussels, a minister has said. Go to Source
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Claimants face benefits surveillance

Credit firms could be used by the government to help tackle benefit fraud. Go to Source
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Lib Dem poll misery continues

There are no signs of movement in the latest post-election polls, which have seen the Liberal Democrats subside to around 20 points behind their mainstream rivals. Go to Source
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Charles Kennedy splits from wife

Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and his wife Sarah are to split, lawyers for the couple have confirmed. Go to Source
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Dawkins wades into burkha row with ‘binliner’ comment

Richard Dawkins has found himself in the middle of the ongoing row about the burkha by comparing the religious dress to a “full bin-liner thing”. Go to Source
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