"It feels like those days again," said Mr. Horscroft, who with 226 colleagues was laid off when a car parts factory in North London was shut down last month after its American parent company, Visteon, put three British plants into bankruptcy protection. "We are all together now, fighting for a cause."

The economic crisis is a turning point in the life of this country. For a brief period, history is in the public realm and ours for the making; the opportunity will not come again for generations. People are angry and they want justice. We have to rediscover our capacity for collective change.

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Putting the social into socialism

About ¦ Contact ¦ RSS ¦ Alerts ¦ Archives ¦ FAQ What sterling crash? by Chris Dillow October 26, 2008 at 10:56 am The Tories are trying to blame sterling's fall on Gordon Brown. And they're failing. Fraser Nelson writes:

Coming Out Of The Shadows 20 October 2008 Sir Ken Macdonald, QC, Director of Public Prosecutions

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LC's useful tink-tank survey

LC's useful Tink Tank survey.

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