Category - Labour

A testing time for the other Team GB

Simon Barrow — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:06:19 +0100

Everyone is focussing on the PM's votes dilemma, says Simon Barrow, but all the parties are suffering from the diminution and regionalisation of their support as people continue to be disillusioned with the system.

Mixed views and disestablishment calls greet Archbishop's speech

staff writers — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:28:06 +0000

Rowan Williams clarified the nub of his thinking and showed contrition for clumsiness, but he declined to apologise and is not off the hook, say commentators and other public figures today, amid calls for disestablishment.

Abuse of Mexican electronics workers challenged in new report

agency reporter — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:57:08 +0000

Electronics workers in Mexico are regularly subjected to denial of labour rights and dignity by companies - practices which needed to be challenged and changed, says a new report from the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development.

Norway's Catholics praised for support of migrant workers

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:53:30 +0000

Norway's government has praised the country's small Roman Catholic Church for its role in supporting more than 100,000 labour migrants from Poland and other eastern European countries.

Seeking political hope beyond money and influence

Simon Barrow — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:46:21 +0000

Westminster easily gets mired in posturing and trading for influence, says Simon Barrow. But there are glimmers of redemption and genuine conviction in the political vocation too - even if we need to go well beyond politics to realise them.

Hong Kong Christians back striking iron workers

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:37:37 +0100

A Christian group in Hong Kong has appealed for churches to show solidarity with hundreds of ironworkers who have been on strike for more than three weeks in what is reported to be the territory's longest-running industrial dispute for 30 years.

Scottish Catholic bishops launch election attack on government

staff writers — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:13:00 +0100

Furious at government policy on gay adoptions and other issues, Scotland's Catholic bishops have sent a letter round to churches with a thinly-veiled call for a anti-Labour vote in the the forthcoming elections.

Scotland's Christian political landscape

Simon Barrow — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:13:47 +0000

There's a good article on Christian political influence (and lack of it) in Scotland today, in the Herald newspaper.

Gorbachev opposes undermining of non-proliferation treaty

staff writers — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:32:20 +0000

The former Soviet president opposes Blair on Trident, as the deputy leader of the UK House of Commons resigns