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Why Are You Protesting? The Union Rep

We’re asking various people why they’re protesting against government cuts on Saturday, and what they’d do instead.

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Mayor 2012: It’s Johnson vs. Johnson

Image by violinconcertono3 Alan Johnson, fresh from announcing he won’t stand for Labour leader, is being touted as the party’s Mayoral candidate in 2012. The former Home Secretary’s bona fides are sound: born in Paddington and orphaned as a teen, he grew up in a …

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Postal Strikes Go Official

Looks like the entire country’s set to experience what we’ve been suffering in London all summer: postal workers have voted 3:1 in favour of a national strike. Such a majority kind of puts a hole in Royal Mail’s insistence that the problems were because of …

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Postal Strike: Move To The Hebrides For A Better Service

In the ongoing saga of the Royal Mail’s epic London meltdown, a survey by The Guardian has concluded that London’s postal delivery service is pretty much worse than anywhere else in the country, including the remote Hebridean island of Eigg. The newspaper posted 111 first-class …

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Extra, Extra

Humourless and confused: the CWU takes on the Socialist Worker. Ronnie Biggs: bound for the capital. Poor Thamesmead: now it’s the fraud capital of the country. A plinth nudist was asked to cover up, much to the disappointment of the crowds. An arrest has been …

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Post Strike Could Cause Mail Chaos For A Week

Image / eastendimages Waiting for Mr. Posty to drop off an important package? Best prepare a flask of tea, you may be thumb-twiddling a long while. The 24-hour postal strike which began this morning could have a knock-on effect and mean mail delays for up …

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Postal Strike Hits City Today

Image / eastendimages If you’re propped up by the letterbox this morning waiting for Mr. Postie to deliver your copy of Vanity Fair, best make yourself comfy — he may be some time. Up to 8,000 CWU members are on strike today, accusing Royal Mail …