Trades union desk
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Anti-social networks
Tax is not ‘theft’ but serves a social purpose, John O’Farrell contends. The proportion of cuts to taxes by which…
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Voice your choice
John O’Farrell questions why benefit claimants will pay more towards filling the deficit than banks, and notes different approaches to…
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Shock consensus
The pro-cuts message must be challenged, John O’Farrell warns, as decision day approaches. Beware the consensus. It can be as…
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The public arena
Tighter rules on public protests will restrict the quality of democracy, contends John O’Farrell. Politics must be a public activity…
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Life after Labour
John O’Farrell reviews the record and recalls an old but perhaps relevant socialist critique. How will Labour deal with opposition?…
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Barnett and the block grant
John O’Farrell suggests a stronger formula could ease local economic problems. All governments are coalition governments. Especially single party governments,…
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Peer learning
John O’Farrell explains how union learning builds up skills in the workplace. The single fact of the Northern Ireland economy…
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