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Remove the curse of the bedroom tax – letter in SW Echo | Bridgend's Green Leftie
https://greenleftie.uk/2015/08/05/remove-the-curse-of-the-bedroom-tax-letter-in-sw-echo
Bridgend's Green Leftie. About (incl. imprint and disclaimer). Remove the curse of the bedroom tax – letter in SW Echo. There was a strong Bridgend presence at the South Wales Against the Bedroom Tax meeting on Monday that endorsed this letter. John, Kay, Andy on the left; Gareth third right. Remove the curse of bedroom tax. Over the course of 2013 and 2014 social tenants in Wales were made subject to 5,136 suspended possession orders. Whereas we cannot discern how many of these were affected by the ...
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Bridgend UKIP branch is set up. Should we care? | Bridgend's Green Leftie
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Bridgend's Green Leftie. About (incl. imprint and disclaimer). Bridgend UKIP branch is set up. Should we care? The Glamorgan Gazette carries the news that ex-Tory Porthcawl Town Council leader Chris Smart has decided to help set up a UKIP branch in Bridgend. I have had several people ask for my reaction to this news. “Welcome” sums it up in a word. Chris Smart – it is safer to judge this book by its cover, rather than its name! Just in case you remain in any doubt what that message is, as well as peddlin...
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Bridgend's Green Leftie | An ecosocialist blog | Page 2
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Bridgend's Green Leftie. About (incl. imprint and disclaimer). Owen Smith believes Labour will split if Corbyn wins. This evening, I attended Owen Smith’s love-in at the Llantrisant Leisure Centre. Credit where it is due, it was a lot better attended than I expected, with somewhere between 200 and 250 cramming the room. Including a selection of MPs and AMs ) I recognised Chris Bryant and Nia Griffiths. For example). I am not going to go into Smith’s speech as we have heard it all before. After his prolon...
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Can Corbyn Truly Resurrect the Left? | Bridgend's Green Leftie
https://greenleftie.uk/2015/08/12/can-corbyn-truly-resurrect-the-left
Bridgend's Green Leftie. About (incl. imprint and disclaimer). Can Corbyn Truly Resurrect the Left? Steve Belcher, UNISON official, captured the mood at the Cardiff Rally. He stood up and pronounced, loud and proud to a packed audience, ” I’m Steve, and I am a socialist! He went on to say it had been a long time since he had felt able to say that confidently in Labour gathering. From the few that have spoken to me. What I did see was a true cross-section. Of demographics present. There were some wize...
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Uncategorized | Bridgend's Green Leftie
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Bridgend's Green Leftie. About (incl. imprint and disclaimer). A betrayal too far? The schism in the Parliamentary Labour Party shows absolutely no sign of being healed. The will and beliefs of the majority of the Labour membership are clear. This translates itself into the will and belief of the vast majority of the Labour constituency parties. The will and beliefs of the Labour leadership, supported said membership and constituency parties, is also very clear. Concern over its importance due to its oil...
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Daily Post headline: “De Facto Ban on Fracking in Wales” – a tad misleading! | Bridgend's Green Leftie
https://greenleftie.uk/2015/08/07/daily-post-headline-de-facto-ban-on-fracking-in-wales-a-tad-misleading
Bridgend's Green Leftie. About (incl. imprint and disclaimer). Daily Post headline: “De Facto Ban on Fracking in Wales” – a tad misleading! Tory Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom has said today: We’re now confirming that no new licences will be awarded in Scotland or Wales, including as part of the 14th onshore licensing round. So, in essence:. The UK Government will no longer issue licences for gas extraction in Wales, at the request of the Welsh Government. Of the vote in February, tabled by Plaid Cymru, ...
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The Cultural Impacts of Fracking | Bridgend's Green Leftie
https://greenleftie.uk/2015/07/24/the-cultural-impacts-of-fracking
Bridgend's Green Leftie. About (incl. imprint and disclaimer). The Cultural Impacts of Fracking. This is the approximate content of a talk I delivered at the Festival of the Celts. Fracking has become one of those issues that gets under your skin (quite literally in some cases – more of which soon) and really energises communities of all sorts. This is symbolised in no uncertain way by this symbol on my t-shirt:. Does any body recognise it? 8220;Albion (or the Earth) Will Not Be Fracked”. It has been des...
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August | 2015 | Bridgend's Green Leftie
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Bridgend's Green Leftie. About (incl. imprint and disclaimer). Monthly Archives: August 2015. PSC Demo at Wales v Israel football game. Pictures added by me). 200 SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER – CITY HALL CARDIFF. March to Cardiff City Stadium. Protesters are set to descend on Cardiff City Stadium when Wales play Israel in scenes that will be reminiscent of the sporting boycott of apartheid South Africa. Writing in Haaretz he says: I used to be one of those people who took issue with the label of apartheid as appli...
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June | 2015 | Bridgend's Green Leftie
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Bridgend's Green Leftie. About (incl. imprint and disclaimer). Monthly Archives: June 2015. Don’t reclaim the Labour Party. This is pretty much spot on methinks. It is scarcely credible that grassroots pressure played any significant role in getting Corbyn onto the ballot paper, any more than. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. June 27, 2015. By Bridgend's Green Leftie. Press Release – Environmental Campaigner Paul Mobbs to speak at venues across South Wales next week. Renowned Environmental Campaig...
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Nagasaki – the greatest war crime in history? | Bridgend's Green Leftie
https://greenleftie.uk/2015/08/09/nagasaki-the-greatest-war-crime-in-history
Bridgend's Green Leftie. About (incl. imprint and disclaimer). Nagasaki – the greatest war crime in history? Byth Eto = Never Again. There have been a variety of articles and programmes tucked away in the schedules, but not enough in my opinion. Among the better articles I have read was by Dr Akil N. Awan is associate professor in Modern History, Political Violence and Terrorism at Royal Holloway, University of London. He wrote an excellent piece in New Statesman. Recently in which he said:. The selectio...
