http://www.newworker.org/ New Communist Party of Britain Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:00 +0000 en-gb 15 http://www.newworker.org/archive2010/nw20100312/nw20100312_Lead.html http://www.newworker.org/archive2010/nw20100312/nw20100312_Lead.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:00 +0000 NEARLY a quarter of a million civil servants throughout Britain took strike action on 8th and 9th March 2010 in protest at plans to drastically cut their redundancy compensation package - at a time when huge public spending cuts are likely in the near future. http://www.newworker.org/archive2010/nw20100312/nw20100312_Editorial.html http://www.newworker.org/archive2010/nw20100312/nw20100312_Editorial.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:00 +0000 The March 2010 Iraqi elections were, of course, a predictable farce that convinced no one in the Arab world that the puppet authorities have any legitimacy beyond that devolved by the occupying power. http://www.newworker.org/archive2010/nw20100312/nw20100312_Editorial.html#Editorial2 http://www.newworker.org/archive2010/nw20100312/nw20100312_Editorial.html#Editorial2 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:00 +0000 In Britain Labour is closing the gap in the opinion polls with the Tories, amid predictions from some of the media gurus of a "hung" parliament after the next election.