Militant teachers call for strike to disrupt plan for all children to return to school on March 8

Militant teachers call for strike to disrupt plan for all children to return to school on March 8 Martin Powell-Davies said school chiefs will be acting ‘recklessly’ if they reopen He has urged the National Education Union to join his plans for the strike  Argues schools should be reopened in phases and class sizes should … Read more

Militant teachers call for strike to disrupt plan for all children to return to school on March 8

Militant teachers call for strike to disrupt plan for all children to return to school on March 8 Martin Powell-Davies said school chiefs will be acting ‘recklessly’ if they reopen He has urged the National Education Union to join his plans for the strike  Argues schools should be reopened in phases and class sizes should … Read more

Pakistani court orders release of British Islamist militant jailed for decapitating Daniel Pearl

Sheikh’s father, originally from the Punjab Province of Pakistan settled in Wanstead East London in 1968 and established a wholesale clothing company. Sheikh attended the Forest School, a public school founded in 1834, whose pupils included the future England cricket captain, Nasser Hussain and the film director Peter Greenaway. Sheikh became the school chess champion … Read more

DOMINIC SANDBROOK on Labour’s greatest rift since that electrifying conference assault on Militant 

What an extraordinarily dramatic, shaming moment this is. Extraordinary for British politics; shaming for the Labour Party; and in our lifetimes, at least, utterly without precedent. Even a few years ago, for one of the two great parties to cast out its own former leader, less than a year after he stepped down, would have … Read more

DOMINIC SANDBROOK on Labour’s greatest rift since that electrifying conference assault on Militant 

What an extraordinarily dramatic, shaming moment this is. Extraordinary for British politics; shaming for the Labour Party; and in our lifetimes, at least, utterly without precedent. Even a few years ago, for one of the two great parties to cast out its own former leader, less than a year after he stepped down, would have … Read more

Militant killed by own explosive device in Turkey near Syria border

‘Kurdish’ Terrorist blows himself up in Turkey after police chase through city on the Syrian border Militant detonated device following police chase near Turkey’s border with Syria Explosion occurred in the town of Iskenderun in the southern province of Hatay Police had been trying to stop two people inside a vehicle at a road block By … Read more

London at the mercy of militant unions who have Sadiq Khan over a barrel

Sadiq Khan is at the mercy of militant unions which are threatening to use the coronavirus crisis to demand a new deal for workers –  amid warnings London’s transport network will be buckle under the pressure once the lockdown eases. RMT General Secretary Mick Cash – who represents Tube workers –  today wrote a column … Read more

London at the mercy of militant unions who have Sadiq Khan over a barrel

Sadiq Khan is at the mercy of militant unions which are threatening to use the coronavirus crisis to demand a new deal for workers –  amid warnings London’s transport network will be buckle under the pressure once the lockdown eases. RMT General Secretary Mick Cash – who represents Tube workers –  today wrote a column … Read more