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• Matt Wardman
  Iain Thank-you for your comment, and the extra detail ! I know Manchester reasonably well - I live on the dry side of the Pennines and have had a habit of...
• Matt Wardman
  I think a key question is the capability of Local Government, in its starved-for-20-years state, to deliver. It is currently well on the way to being a gutted c...
• David Warren
  @David Raw I don't agree with the draconian laws introduced by the Thatcher government that allow union funds to be seized and campaigned vigorously against ...
• Roland
  @Peter Martin - " but it does raise the question of why there is so little UK involvement in the sector." ...
• David Raw
  @ David Warren You write approvingly, "we also need to highlight reforms that are needed to make unions truly democratic. The Tories passed legislation in the ...