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Baldwin caved then to general strike threats, offering mines short-term subsidies. But perhaps it was naive. Unions also under-prepared to avoid ...

It was the biggest demonstration of working-class “selflessness, loyalty, creativity and resolve” that Britain has ever seen. And it all started at the Daily Mail.…#DowningStreet #CentenaryofGeneralStrike #UKLabourParty #UKpolitics #PM #KeirStarmer #HouseofCommons #Chancellor #primeMinister #Politics #GeneralStrike #Government #RachelReeves #Labour #MPs #LabourParty #Parliament
‘General strike 1926: Why it happened, failed and couldn’t happen now’ – LabourList

'General strike 1926: Why it happened, failed and couldn’t happen now' - LabourList

The General Strike was 100 years ago. Why did it start? Why did it fail? Could it happen now?

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General Strike Now 2d ago

Were the leaders of the 1926 General Strike, A.J. Cook and Walter Citrine, transported to the present day, they would find a trade union movement ...#DowningStreet #CentenaryofGeneralStrike #UKLabourParty #UKpolitics #PM #KeirStarmer #HouseofCommons #Chancellor #primeMinister #Politics #GeneralStrike #Government #RachelReeves #Labour #MPs #LabourParty #Parliament
‘Organised labour has transformed the world of work for the better’ – LabourList

'Organised labour has transformed the world of work for the better' - LabourList

We owe it to the memory of the General Strike to fight to deliver the New Deal for Working People in full and to go beyond it.

LabourList

Flabbergastedma 4d ago

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7395

#HouseOfCommons #petition to remove P.P. from #Stornoway

Petition e-7395 - Petitions

Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada [Unofficial]5d ago

Liberals want committees to be ‘open,’ minister says as Tories cry foul

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11826939/liberals-committees-transparency-majority-mackinnon/

Opinion | The Guardian US 6d ago

My advice to Hannah Spencer? Before calling out MPs’ boozing, try to understand the reasons behind it | Gaby Hinsliff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/01/advice-hannah-spencer-mps-drinking-culture-parliament #HouseOfCommons #Alcohol #HannahSpencer #HouseOfLords #Politics #UkNews

My advice to Hannah Spencer? Before calling out MPs’ boozing, try to understand the reasons behind it

The new MP is right that parliament’s drinking culture is fundamentally weird. But to change it, we need to reset the whole institution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada [Unofficial]Apr 29

Tories say Liberals using their committee majorities to stop public debate

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11823220/house-of-commons-committee-majorities-debate-liberals/

World news | The Guardian Apr 29

Nigel Farage referred to standards watchdog over undisclosed £5m gift https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/29/nigel-farage-referred-standards-watchdog-undisclosed-gift #NigelFarage #ReformUk #Politics #UkNews #HouseOfCommons #PartyFunding #Cryptocurrencies #Labour #LiberalDemocrats #Conservatives

Nigel Farage referred to standards watchdog over undisclosed £5m gift

Rival parties demand investigation as Tory party chair refers Reform UK leader to commissioner over gift from crypto tycoon

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World news | The Guardian Apr 29

Minister dismisses Labour rebels as ‘usual suspects’; Starmer prepares for final PMQs of parliamentary session – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/apr/29/pmqs-live-keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-uk-politics-latest-news-updates #Politics #UkNews #KeirStarmer #Pmqs #Labour #KemiBadenoch #Conservatives #HouseOfCommons

Global News Okanagan Apr 29

‘Bailey’s Law’ clears House of Commons hurdle to toughen intimate partner violence laws
Bailey McCourt's ex-husband, James Plover, is charged with first-degree murder and is awaiting a trial date. If approved by the Senate, the bill would move to receive royal assent.
#Canada #Crime #BaileyMcCourt #baileyslaw
https://globalnews.ca/news/11821355/baileys-law-clears-major-hurdle-house-of-commons-intimate-partner-violence/

Global News Canada Apr 29

‘Bailey’s Law’ clears House of Commons hurdle to toughen intimate partner violence laws
Bailey McCourt's ex-husband, James Plover, is charged with first-degree murder and is awaiting a trial date. If approved by the Senate, the bill would move to receive royal assent.
#Canada #Crime #BaileyMcCourt #baileyslaw
https://globalnews.ca/news/11821355/baileys-law-clears-major-hurdle-house-of-commons-intimate-partner-violence/