Now -read the book!

Here is a link to my memoirs which, if you are a glutton for punishment, you can purchase online at https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/an-obscure-footnote-in-trade-union-history.
Men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. (William Morris - A Dream of John Ball)

Thursday, March 08, 2012

International Women's Day - an inappropriate contribution

David Cameron (of all people) is using International Women's Day to claim that his Government gives a high priority to ending violence against women and girls (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/blackberry/p.html?id=1327807).



Which is odd - because the evidence is that the Government's austerity programme is doing considerable damage to vital services (http://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/publications-research/gender/professor-sylvia-walby-reports-on-the-impact-of-cuts-on-violence-against-women-services-2.html).



Thirty-one percent of the funding to the domestic violence and sexual abuse sector from local authorities was cut between 2010/11 to 2011/12, a reduction from £7.8 million to £5.4 million.



The hypocrisy of this Government is so brazen it isn't even shocking any more.

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