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The 1984 miners' strike – how things change in 25 years?

There’s a lot in the news today about the 1984 Miners’ Strike – a milestone in our history that seems like only yesterday. Where did all that time go? How things have changed… or have they? Few British mines and miners any more. Few British steel plants and steel workers. Few British manufacturers and manufacturing [...]

Asylum seekers cost us £millions more

The first quarter of 2008 saw applications from asylum seekers rise by SIXTEEN per cent on the same period last year. In contrast, applications to the rest of the EU actually FELL by 10%.

Why?Is nobody in the British government giving out the message across the world that we are no longer encouraging [...]

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