Author Archives: Philip Sheldrake

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• Liberals and the unions: time to talk again (Jack Meredith)
• Andy Burnham’s NHS record: Devolution, delivery and the limits of local power (Iain Donaldson)
• Huge victory for Campaign for Gigi (Tom Morrison)
• Andy Burnham’s record on policing: Success story or missed opportunity? (Iain Donaldson)
• Burnham: Strategic implications (Paul Reynolds)

• The street in Australia named after my great great grandfather
• The rigged system Freda Jackson overcame to become an actress in the 1930s
• Lib Dems pick Richard Kilpatrick as candidate for the Greater Manchester Mayoral election
• The Joy of Six 1538

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• 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 ...
• David Warren
  I have been a trade union member since 1980 and for 20 years was a full time representative of the postal workers union CWU. Yes Liberals do need to relate m...
• Peter Chambers
  Paul, thanks for this incisive piece on the relationship between the Labour Party and the privation of state provision in the UK. I agree with much of what you ...