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Trade Union Bill: Key public sector workers face ban on striking even when a majority votes to take action

By ickonic Posted on July 15, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, government, UK

‘Nurses, teachers and train drivers could find themselves banned from striking even if a majority of workers vote to take industrial action, as part of a widescale crackdown on union power to be unveiled by the Government. Under new legislation to be introduced in the Commons, strikes by key public-sector workers will be deemed illegal […]

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Trade Union Bill: Key public sector workers face ban on striking even when a majority votes to take action

By ickonic Posted on July 15, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, government, UK

‘Nurses, teachers and train drivers could find themselves banned from striking even if a majority of workers vote to take industrial action, as part of a widescale crackdown on union power to be unveiled by the Government. Under new legislation to be introduced in the Commons, strikes by key public-sector workers will be deemed illegal […]

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This Politician Is Attempting To Speak Out About Surveillance, But Will They Listen?

By ickonic Posted on July 15, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Big Brother, CCTV, UK

‘You know things are bad when the government’s own surveillance camera commissioner expresses concerns about the big brother society. We’re used to hearing reports about illegal NSA and GCHQ snooping, but this time body-worn cameras are in the spotlight, with fears that the public’s privacy and data protection may be compromised. Although police units that […]

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UK surveillance report makes concessions to privacy lobby

By David Icke Posted on July 13, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, Big Brother, privacy, UK

‘Privacy campaigners have secured significant concessions in a key report into surveillance by the British security agencies published on Tuesday. The 132-page report, A Democratic Licence To Operate, which Nick Clegg commissioned last year in the wake of revelations by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden, acknowledges the importance of privacy concerns.’ Read more: UK surveillance report […]

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Bird flu strain discovered on British poultry farm can be caught by humans: Public health chiefs say they are ‘confident of the precautions’ as cull of 170,000 chickens and turkeys begins

By David Icke Posted on July 13, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with UK

‘The bird flu on a Lancashire farm has been confirmed as the kind which can infect humans, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced this morning. A cull of 170,000 chickens and turkeys has been carried out at the farm where the H7N7 strain – which can infect humans – was detected. But […]

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Apple Pay: boon or security nightmare?

By David Icke Posted on July 13, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with apple, money, New World Order, UK

‘Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film Minority Report conjures up an eerie, futuristic world of targeted advertising where privacy no longer exists. Fast-forward 13 years and the idea might not be far off the mark, if Apple Pay proves as much of a hit as the tech giant hopes it will be. Its mobile payment system launches […]

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Firms who pay men more than women to be ‘named and shamed’

By David Icke Posted on July 13, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Business, employees, UK

‘Large companies guilty of paying men more than women are to be ‘named and shamed’ under moves set out by David Cameron. In a drive to ‘end the gender pay gap in a generation’, businesses with more than 250 staff will have to disclose the difference between the salaries of male and female employees. The […]

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Man arrested after charging iPhone on London Overground train

By David Icke Posted on July 13, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with police, UK

‘A man has accused British Transport police of being ‘overzealous’ and ‘ridiculous’ after he was arrested for charging his iPhone using a socket on a London Overground train. Robin Lee, a 45-year-old artist based in Islington, was handcuffed and taken to a British Transport Police station on Caledonian Road after his arrest for ‘abstracting electricity’.’ […]

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Giving the taxman power to raid bank accounts and ISAs ‘undermines Magna Carta’

By ickonic Posted on July 13, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Taxes, UK

‘New powers for HMRC to raid bank accounts and cash ISAs undermine the rights enshrined in the Magna Carta, legal experts have claimed. The ‘direct recovery’ power which could see the tax authorities seize payments from employees and business bank accounts would cut out the legal process, a Taxpayers’ Alliance report by barrister Francis Hoare […]

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How 3,000 trials have already been held in ‘secret’ under new fast-track money-saving scheme which ends centuries of open justice

By ickonic Posted on July 12, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with secrecy, UK

‘Thousands of criminal court cases are being held behind closed doors under a new fast-track scheme that ends centuries of open justice. For the first time, details of cases are not being read out in an open court, and there is no bench made up of magistrates, no lawyers, no defendant and no access for […]

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Government deradicalisation plan will brand Muslims with beards as terrorists, say academics

By ickonic Posted on July 11, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with protests, Terrorism, UK

‘The Government’s flagship counter-radicalisation strategy leads Muslims who grow beards to be labelled as terrorists and could be used to clamp down on anti-austerity and environmental campaigners, hundreds of academics have claimed in an open letter to The Independent. Wide-ranging powers brought in this month under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act force teachers, social workers, […]

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Government deradicalisation plan will brand Muslims with beards as terrorists, say academics

By ickonic Posted on July 11, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with protests, Terrorism, UK

‘The Government’s flagship counter-radicalisation strategy leads Muslims who grow beards to be labelled as terrorists and could be used to clamp down on anti-austerity and environmental campaigners, hundreds of academics have claimed in an open letter to The Independent. Wide-ranging powers brought in this month under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act force teachers, social workers, […]

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Families of disabled kids ‘pushed into poverty’ because they’re ‘TOO ILL’ celebrate after beating heartless Tories in court

By ickonic Posted on July 11, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with sanctions, UK

‘Families set to lose their children’s Disability Living Allowance because they’re TOO ILL are celebrating a victory over “heartless” government policy. Earlier this week, we told how young Dylan’s family were set to lose half of their income because he will soon have been in hospital for 84 days or more. The brave seven-year-old suffers […]

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George Osborne is a magician – despite his record he’s seen as a success

By ickonic Posted on July 11, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, george osborne, nhs, privatisation, UK

‘George Osborne should be regarded as one of the worst chancellors in modern British history. When the Tories came to power in 2010, Osborne choked off the then gathering economic recovery with an emergency austerity budget. Indeed, the “recovery” under his “long-term economic plan” is the most sluggish since the 19th century. GDP per capita […]

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WhatsApp faces UK ban within weeks

By ickonic Posted on July 10, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Encryption, Police State, UK

‘Enjoy WhatsApp while you still can. Britons could see the hugely popular cross-platform app BANNED under strict new laws on social media and online messaging services. Prime Minister David Cameron is pressing ahead with new legislation that plans to stop people from sending any form of encrypted messages. A number of popular messaging services – […]

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