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Tories shamed over petrol
by Caroline Colebrook
THE GIANT union Unite last Wednesday welcomed the start of talks at the conciliation service Acas in the petrol tanker drivers’ dispute over working conditions and safety.
This follows a week of farce and tragedy in which the Tories made fools of themselves by trying to whip up anti-union sentiments, warning of an impending strike and petrol shortage over Easter when all they had to do to remove the possibility of the strike was to take a serious look at the safety issues involved and get the oil distribution companies around a table with the union to negotiate a code of safety practice in delivering petrol that is in everyone’s interest.
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Nato continue to back Syrian terrorists
by our Arab Affairs correspondent
SYRIAN troops are begining to withdraw from the cities as the Assad government moves to implement proposals put forward by United Nations mediator Kofi Annan to end the crisis in the country and create the conditions for fresh elections under the new constitution.
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