Broadsides – A collection of bits and pieces
"Unprovided with original learning, uninformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a blog”
The remains of the great Polish General Wladyslaw Sikorski used to lie in the soft Trent-side earth of Newark in Nottinghamshire. He was laid there after dying in a plane crash in July of 1943. He was, at the time of the crash, Prime Minister in exile of Poland and Commander in Chief of their... Continue Reading →
The Union Ballot – a poem Prior to the election of Margaret Thatcher Unions were generally free to conduct strike ballots according to their own internal rules and practice. A show of hands, a branch meeting, a national ballot, sometimes secret, sometimes not. It was open to a lot of abuse and meant that a... Continue Reading →
Broadsides - A collection of bits and pieces 