http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sat, 25 May 2013 11:23:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/21/doctors-strike-is-it-really-just-about-greed/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/21/doctors-strike-is-it-really-just-about-greed/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:10:33 +0000 Dr Sima Barmania http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25550 Today is the day where doctors (some not all) take industrial action over government planned pension reforms; its arrival set against a backdrop of great controversy and debate.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/21/doctors-strike-is-it-really-just-about-greed/feed/ 20 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/20/the-doctors-strike-putting-the-medical-profession-in-the-firing-line/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/20/the-doctors-strike-putting-the-medical-profession-in-the-firing-line/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:00:41 +0000 Dr Russell Razzaque http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25453 There are nearly twenty million people unemployed across Europe today; that’s over 10% of the entire working population. Against this backdrop, for doctors to go on strike for the first time in a generation in protest of pension arrangements that will still leave us with a retirement income in excess of £50,000 a year, looks callous from any perspective.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/20/the-doctors-strike-putting-the-medical-profession-in-the-firing-line/feed/ 13 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/02/it%e2%80%99s-not-clarkson%e2%80%99s-fault-the-n30-strike-was-a-damp-squib/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/02/it%e2%80%99s-not-clarkson%e2%80%99s-fault-the-n30-strike-was-a-damp-squib/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:47:26 +0000 Patrick Hayes http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=19264 It was to be the biggest strike in a generation. People were openly and unabashedly comparing Wednesday’s day of action over public sector pensions to the general strike of 1926. It was to bring Britain to a standstill. Mark a turning point in the battle against the cuts instigated by the spawns of the evil Iron Lady. Become a talking point that would strike fear into the cold heart of Cameron and pave the way to bigger, more decisive action. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/02/it%e2%80%99s-not-clarkson%e2%80%99s-fault-the-n30-strike-was-a-damp-squib/feed/ 219 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/01/a-tale-of-two-protests/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/01/a-tale-of-two-protests/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:06:33 +0000 Tom Mendelsohn http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=19225 It was not an auspicious start to my day of trades union militancy; the first picket I saw as I hurtled up South London’s Walworth Road was manned by a grand total of two somewhat forlon GMB strikers. An upward fist of solidarity from the saddle fetched only a puzzled look.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/12/01/a-tale-of-two-protests/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/30/the-international-day-of-older-people-what-should-we-be-celebrating/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/30/the-international-day-of-older-people-what-should-we-be-celebrating/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:00:03 +0000 Jude Escribano http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=16865 On 1 October, people around the world will be marking the International Day of Older People. The United Nations created this annual event in 1991 to celebrate the contributions and achievements of people in later life. So what should we be celebrating?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/30/the-international-day-of-older-people-what-should-we-be-celebrating/feed/ 10