Saturday was always going to be tricky for me. It is my normal “bacon buttie” day. I have already said I am a massive carnivore and bacon is probably the foodstuff I love more than anything else in...

Day two of Vegtember and I am jonesing for a curry. Now I think it is fair to say that it is very much a western thing that all curries have to contain meat. Mostly on the subcontinent the food will...

So, the first day of Vegtember. And I frankly woke up pretty excited about the whole thing, I’d already made my vegetarian lunch for today last night. I had humus, cherry tomato, cucumber, red...

So on waking up this morning I realised that it’s happening tomorrow, a whole month without eating any meat. And although Vegtember hadn’t really started yet, I had already started...

So what is Vegtember then? Put simply it is a Vegetarian September, Why? Well my union the CWU is part of a green project called Climate Solidarity. This is a coalition of a number of Trade Unions...

Have you ever had that feeling when watching a film, that it seems like it was made specifically with you in mind. I did, earlier today, when I went to watch Scott Pilgrim versus the world. It was...

This is a letter from Anthea Beaumont to the Swindon Advertiser IT was good to read that Swindon’s libraries bucked the national trend and saw an increase in visitors and loans over the last five years. No doubt the impressive new Central Library was one reason for the encouraging figures, but it...

By Katie Bond » THREE women with learning disabilities say they will take drastic measures to save their day centre from being axed. The trio, who have used the Upham Road Resource Centre for a total of 28 years, say they will even camp out in the building to prevent Swindon Council shutting the...

RMT is participating in a Europe-wide demonstration of trade unions in Brussels on September 29 to tell the politicians that ordinary people will not pay the price for the economic crisis caused by the bankers

Circular No. NP/155/10/MC 26th August 2010 H.O. Ref: R14/5 TO: ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL COUNCILS, REGIONAL OFFICES, COUNCIL OF EXECUTIVES & HO OFFICERS. Dear Members, RMT PAY BULLETIN August 2010 July 2010 retail prices index rate: 4.8% The July rates of RPI and CPI were published by...

www.rmt.org.uk NEWS RELEASE August 26 2010 RMT slams SWT’s ‘profit-driven vandalism’ of ticket-offices BRITAIN’S BIGGEST rail union accused South West Trains of “profit-driven vandalism” today as the Stagecoach subsidiary announced that it had gained approval for another round of cuts to...

Following the excellent and thought provoking blog from my colleague Matt Edwards, entitled “In defence of bank charges.”,  I though I would post a blog response with a different view. My politics...

Blacklist Support Group - TUC Congress 2010 Fringe Meeting BLACKLISTED - FILM PREMIER Blacklisting of trade unionists in the building industry - the struggle for justice continues Speakers: John...

Hello to all Bristol Branch members, We are delighted to have been elected by members in the south west as your representatives on the NUJ’s National Executive Council.  We would like to thank everyone who voted in the election, and those who supported us and endorsed us as candidates. If you have problems and issues that you would [...]

Having recently blogged about why I think the coalition is most likely going to last the best part of a whole term of Parliament. It is now time for the companion piece about why I am not even sure...

Special thanks to my friend Matthew Travis for pointing this out to me. It appears from this irrefutable documentary evidence that Francis Maude and Emporer Palpatine/Darth Sidious are in fact one...

Circular No. NP/151/10/MC 17th August 2010 TO: ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL ORGANISERS, REGIONAL COUNCILS, & COUNCIL OF EXECUTIVES. Dear Colleagues, Inflation Rates Circular The July rates of RPI and CPI were published by the Office for National Statistics on the 17th August 2010. The July...

My recent blog on why I think it is a mistake for the left to be focussing so much on the Liberal Democrats generated some interesting debate, on the blog, on Facebook and on Twitter. Much of this...

Simon Chapman and Di Harris have been elected by NUJ members in the South West to represent them on the NEC, the union's ruling body.

A significant trick will have been missed by the left if we focus all or our ire with the coalition on the Liberal Democrats. The sense of almost visceral hatred, at the alleged betrayal is for my...