Labour has signalled an apparent end to the concept of meritocracy in British public jobs if it wins next year’s general election, as Gloria de Piero MP announces local and national government will be required to keep records of employees
Though California’s Republican Party is fighting for its survival, California’s Democrats are struggling with deep divisions that have come to the surface in the race for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Though the office is technically nonpartisan, the superintendent’s race is
As John Sexton related on Friday, the Justice Department hasn’t been able to find anything liking New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to the “Bridgegate” scandal (and you know Eric Holder’s people were very, very keen to find such a linkage.)
To hear the incessant liberal bleating about the Koch Brothers – Senator Harry Reid commandeers the floor of the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body at least once a week to rail against them, secure in the knowledge his targets can’t sue
On Monday, it was announced that 50 workers from the Golden Gate Bridge District would go on a one-day labor strike Tuesday to voice their disdain with recent proposals surrounding wages and health care premiums. Unions are saying a proposed
Scottish soldiers living temporarily abroad, either in barracks in the UK or at British bases abroad, have expressed “fury” at being denied the vote in next week’s referendum over the future of a country they hope to return to after
California is home to the most liberal legislature in the country. The legislature has now adjourned for the year, but not before putting hundreds of bills on the Governor’s desk. Among them are a great many terrible bills that claw
Back in 2009 the Milwaukee District Attorney launched a far-reaching and secret investigation into a then soon-to-be elected Governor Scott Walker, his staff, and several Wisconsin conservative groups. The governor and his allies always maintained that the investigation was little
PARIS (AP) — Things can’t get much worse for French President Francois Hollande: The economy is lagging; his new government is already under fire; and his private life has just been exposed in a ravaging book by the former first
For the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a federal judge has upheld the rights of citizens of a state to preserve its law defining marriage as the
The evening before the first, and likely only, debate in the race for governor of California, Neel Kashkari released a mini documentary film attacking Jerry Brown for his ties to the California Teacher’s Association (CTA) and blasting him for his
Hong Kong students announced plans Thursday to hold a week-long strike in response to Beijing’s refusal to grant the semi-autonomous city universal suffrage. Activists in the former British colony had their hopes for genuine democracy crushed after China announced on
HOUSTON, Texas – The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Houston (“METRO“) has been sued by a decorated Master Peace Officer and immediate past statewide president of the Fraternal Order of Police (“FOP“). The officer has sued for harassment, racial discrimination, and
As Slate point out, when Liberal Democrats aren’t busy bashing conservatives for so called “dark money,” they’re fairly busy raising it themselves. The operative word here is hypocrisy. Liberals may blame conservatives for the ongoing surge of political “dark money”
CBS 13 in Sacramento reports that the local Labor Day picnic was troubled by a schism among union members. The rift followed the suspension of Bill Camp, the outspoken labor leader who has opposed Mayor Kevin Johnson’s attempt to increase
The AFL-CIO wants President Barack Obama to give “affirmative action” to illegal immigrants who are in the shadows and to go “bold” on executive amnesty. At a Christian Science Monitor breakfast last week, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka reportedly said that he
On Monday, as millions of American workers gathered with family and friends to celebrate and mark the end of summer, the nation’s union bosses were preparing to inject tens of millions of dollars from their members’ paychecks into the midterm
The running global battle between traditional, unionised taxi drivers and insurgent chauffeur service Uber continues apace as a court battle in Frankfurt has foisted a nationwide ban on the company, with a €250,000 fine if they continue to accept bookings.
President Obama delivered a fiery speech at Laborfest 2014 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin voicing support for unions and organized labor. He also voiced his support for “immigration rights,” lumping it together with civil rights, gay rights, and voting rights. During his
In his Labor Day weekend weekly address, President Barack Obama uses the occasion to make another plea for a high minimum wage. Transcript as follows: Hi, everybody. Whether you’re firing up the grill, fired up for some college football, or
In the nearly five years since Citizens United v. FEC was decided, more Americans than ever are exercising their First Amendment rights and engaging in political speech. The results are in: political speech and spending are up. While spending is
Last week, Virginia Democrat Sen. Mark Warner agreed to 2 televised debates with his Republican opponent Ed Gillespie, but requested that the Libertarian candidate, Richard Sarvis, be invited to the debates as well. Ordinarily, incumbents may be expected to want
In polite society, the correct opinion to hold about Scottish independence is that the Union must stay together. But I’ve been wondering: might not England thrive, freed from the yoke of those whining, kilted leeches? The more you think about
California state Senator Ben Hueso (D-San Diego) was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Jail early Friday morning. He is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol limit of 0.08 percent or more. California
With even pro-Common Core polls showing support for the education initiative plummeting throughout the nation and among teachers, Connecticut’s Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) and state board of education chairman Allan Taylor say they will continue to embrace the controversial standards.
Longshoremen at the Port of Oakland have reportedly unloaded the Zim Piraeus, an Israeli vessel that radical activists had attempted to block for several days. The ship docked and unloaded Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, apparently after fooling anti-Israel demonstrators
SAN DIEGO — Cities and states across the country have been facing great debate over minimum wage rates, including the city of San Diego. Monday, San Diego’s Democrat majority City Council acted as many suspected it would in overriding Republican
The President of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) in New York City has started a firestorm between two of the city’s most powerful unions by co-sponsoring Al Sharpton’s anti-police rally in Staten Island, NY on August 23rd. According to
Anti-Israel activists claimed that their protest Saturday at the Port of Oakland successfully blocked an Israeli ship from the Zim cargo company from docking. However, the ship was still far away from the port at the time of the protest,
Thirteen years ago among the whirring looms of a garment factory in an eastern Pakistani city, a Muslim woman fell in love with a Christian co-worker. Now married with three children, Kalsoom Bibi and her husband Yousuf Bhatti have been
Senator Marco Rubio doesn’t hate anyone, but there are a few shady characters out there that he really dislikes. This said,Senator Marco Rubio has just stuck his finger in the eye of Charlie Crist Republican Richard DeNapoli by appearing in campaign video
After calling for attacks on Jews in retaliation for the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza, and being charged with hate speech and incitement by local Jewish leaders, South African trade union boss Tony Ehrenreich is not backing down. The Western
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies, the umbrella organization that leads that country’s Jewish community, has announced that it is filing charges at the South African Human Rights Commission against trade union leader Tony Ehrenreich for an anti-Israel Facebook
A leader of South Africa’s most powerful trade union has called for attacks on Jews in response to the war in Gaza. In a posting on his personal Facebook page Wednesday, Tony Ehrenreich, the leader of the Congress of South
Conservatives are supposed to hate Al Sharpton. The MSNBC television hostand civil rights activist has given the right ample fuel to fire their disdain. Sowhen he shows up in Ferguson, MO, to speak on behalf of the slainMichael Brown, we
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Grassroots leaders had an eye opening experience Monday night when they realized that political leaders from both sides had been misleading them about the realities of the Texas border. The message was clear, despite the assurances from
On Monday, the California Supreme Court blocked an “advisory” ballot measure that Democrats had hoped to include on the November ballot, with a view to increasing turnout among apathetic voters. The non-binding measure, Proposition 49, asked voters if they felt
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has joined his country’s rabid anti-Israel chorus by calling for a boycott of Israeli goods, the BBC reports. Mbeki, who during his abortive tenure in office guarded Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe as he plundered
California Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez claims racism and classism are blocking the passage of her proposed bill to provide $80 a month to help needy families buy diapers. Gonzalez said that she received a barrage of offensive comments on her twitter
UKIP activists in Thurrock are in an unusual position – we are currently polling in first place in the constituency. The recent Lord Ashcroft poll had us at 36 percent, with Labour and the Tories trailing by some margin. That has
