National News
Secret Tory memo to oust Theresa May next year
Sputnik
AN INTERNAL dossier has been circulated amongst Tory MPs, suggesting that the Prime Minister Theresa May will be asked to leave her post soon after May 2019.
The news comes as high-profile European Union (EU) representatives warned at a summit in Salzburg that a deal with the UK prepared under Theresa May’s guidance was “far away” and that the issue of the Irish border “backstop” and post-Brexit trade arrangements should be renegotiated.
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Government backs proposals favouring high-skilled migrants
Sputnik
CABINET ministers have endorsed proposals by Home Secretary Sajid Javid to change UK immigration policies to offer preferential treatment to high-skilled workers, with some ministers objecting to the motion.
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Traffic wardens threaten action
by New Worker correspondent
TRAFfiC wardens in the north London borough of Camden have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action both over pay and over claims that they are constantly monitored by bosses, having to log their location every five minutes.
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Royal Mail victory
by New Worker correspondent
THE COMMUNICATION Workers Union (CWU) has announced a welcome victory in its battles on behalf of about a thousand Royal Mail Customer Experience (CE) workers. They have gained an hour off the working week from the start of next month. A number of agency and temporary staff will be employed permanently by Royal Mail after lobbying for these jobs to be converted and brought fully in-house.
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Crony Capitalism on the Clyde
by our Scottish Political correspondent
THE GREAT Highlands and Islands ferry saga rumbles on. In late August we reported on the delays to two ferries presently being built by Ferguson Marine Engineering, owned by billionaire Jim McColl who sits on the SNP government’s Council of Economic Advisors despite being based in the tax-dodgers paradise of Monaco.
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Stating the Bleeding Obvious
by our Scottish Political correspondent
A 178 page report entitled Working and hurting? Monitoring the health and health inequalities impacts of the economic downturn and changes to the social security system from the NHS Health Scotland agency conclusively proves that having a low income makes people sad.
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The strange world of Eric Ambler REVIEW
by Ben Soton
IF YOU EVER get a chance, the crime thrillers of Eric Ambler are well worth reading. Many of his novels feature cross-continental travel and are a possible inspiration for modern films such as the Bourne trilogy. The emphasis on travel is in contrast to the Agatha Christie model located in closed settings such as country houses or strange holiday islands
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Opera fans gather to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
Xinhua
CHINESE opera fans in Britain gathered to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival last weekend whilst enjoying traditional moon cakes and opera performances
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International News
Trump brags about himself at UN
Sputnik
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump praised right-wing and authoritarian governments around the world including, Saudi Arabia and Israel, whilst promoting his policy of ‘America first’ during his speech before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Tuesday.
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Bad news for Israel
Sputnik
RUSSIA is going to supply advanced S-300 air defence missile systems to Syria within two weeks following the downing of a Russian electronic surveillance plane in an incident for which the Kremlin holds Israel entirely responsible.
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A third of US households struggle to pay energy
bills
Radio Havana Cuba
NEARLY a third of American households have trouble paying their energy bills and the problem mainly impacts racial minorities, according to a report released by the Energy Information
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Features
Hurricane Florence: white supremacy, capitalism, and environmental degradation
Workers World (US)
THE IMPACT of Hurricane Florence, which made landfall in North Carolina on 15th September, is expected to linger for days due to record rainfall and flooding. As the storm continues to move inland, the coastal area of Eastern North Carolina — the poorest section of the state — will receive the most devastation. Although the state ordered an evacuation of nearly 1.5 million residents along the shore, many people simply could not afford to leave their homes and jobs, and then pay for shelter, food and gas for transportation inland.
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The US stranglehold on Latin America
Telesur
IT’S IMPERATIVE that President Ortega and Nicaragua be defended from covert imperialist aggression by the USA under its brand of fake ‘democracy’.
The USA’s economic and geopolitical stranglehold on Latin America is threatened and they are running scared to put Nicaragua on the Security Council’s agenda, pass the repressive Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA), and covertly fund mass disinformation campaigns and demonstrations, replete with mortar-wielding mercenaries, against the legitimate government of sovereign Nicaragua — a peaceful country the approximate size of New York State.
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