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Nobody likes a goal hanger
Labour’s wet leadership has developed a habit of trying to grab victories at the last minute that aren’t meaningfully theirs. Surely we can do better, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
I WAS never any good at football as a kid, but even I understood that being a “goal hanger” invited contempt.
“Goal hanging” meant lurking round the opposition’s goalmouth for most of the game, waiting to pick up any stray balls and knock them in.
The “goal hanger” was trying to get the personal glory of scoring without putting in the effort to increase the team’s overall score.
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