Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
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From Gaza protest bans to proscribing Palestine Action, political elites are showing a crisis of confidence as they abandon Roy Jenkins’s apologetic approach for Suella Braverman’s aggressive ‘hate march’ rhetoric, writes PAUL DONOVAN
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WHEN the police turned up to Watford Junction station’s RMT picket line, they couldn’t help but notice it exceeded the statutory six people. By about 50.
The officers duly ordered that only six official pickets could remain, these six obediently took a few steps away; but everyone else stayed where they were.
What were they playing at, asked the boys and girls in blue? “But we’re just observers, officers!” was the innocent rejoinder.
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