[Lothian's public sector workers against the Tories demands…]
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Lothian's public sector workers against the Tories demands for £30 cuts?
Did he propose extending the action nationally? Drawing on the strength of the powerful industrial unions? Did he...?
Not exactly. What he did. in fact, say was that Lothian should push ahead with the full £30 million cuts and not stop short at £24 million.
And his intervention was crucial in swaying the seven Labour councillors who had held a no cuts position to vote with the rest of the Labour Group in imposing cuts.
Some lesson That's really some lesson to teach the bully boys!
Nothing else changed in the week leading up to the stirring speech. I must be the sea air. QF. Perhaps we should demand congress House is moved to Blackpool permanenil'
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