Wapping Dispute

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First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

'Blacklisting has got to be finished with'

It is unlikely that George Tapp will ever work again.When the car drove into him and others handing out anti-blacklisting leaflets in Manchester last week, his feet were caught beneath the front of the vehicle.As he was pitched forward onto the bonnet ... [Published Morning Star Online - May 23 2013]
First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Let me help with your Tennyson

THE VIEW FROM HEREFakery has traditionally started at a tender age, with thicko kids getting their brighter friends to knock out a few mathematical theorems or perhaps help with some more creative work."I say, Jones, all this rot about Tennyson is beyond ... [Published Isle of Wight County Press - May 10 2013]
First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

WEST NORFOLK: When I had lunch with Mrs T

I think it was Tuesday afternoon that I received a call from Mrs Thatcher?s office asking me if I was available to have lunch with the Right Honourable lady at about noon on Thursday.Splendid, I thought. What a wonderful privilege but no doubt one I would ... [Published Lynn News - Apr 17 2013]
First reported Feb 28 2013 - Updated Feb 28 2013 - 1 reports

Lives Remembered: Harry Spanswick

Harry Spanswick worked in newspaper printing for over 30 years. He will be missed by those whose lives he touched, whether people he worked with, laughed with, or campaigned and fought with. Harry was born in Wandsworth on 19 July 1931, and after National ... [Published The Independent - Feb 28 2013]

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"I started work at 15," he tells me. "I was an apprentice electrician with the engineering firm AEI in Manchester."
"I say, Jones, all this rot about Tennyson is beyond me. Be a pal and do this essay on his extended metaphors, will you? There’s a sherbet dab in it for you and some extra toffees if you can wangle an alpha-plus."
...People destined for the colonies bought pith helmets there. Empire was big industry, according to the Royal Geographic Society, "Between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, at its height it covered almost a quarter of the Earth's land surface and included nearly one-third of the world's population."

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'Blacklisting has got to be finished with' [Published Morning Star Online - May 23 2013]
Let me help with your Tennyson [Published Isle of Wight County Press - May 10 2013]
WEST NORFOLK: When I had lunch with Mrs T [Published Lynn News - Apr 17 2013]
Malu Halasa: The Funeral Procession of The Righ... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 17 2013]
Margaret Thatcher, and the man in the shadows [Published Russia Today - Apr 16 2013]
Lives Remembered: Harry Spanswick [Published The Independent - Feb 28 2013]
Biography for Brendan Barber [Published Able2Act - Oct 09 2007]
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