Simon Says

Here are pictures of the boys at the Goose Green Carnival - their last before moving. They speak for themselves, so enjoy!

Here's a quote from an article by Lord Glasman on "Labour as Radical Tradition".  I wonder if anyone knows anymore about this? And I wonder what challenges it might bring to our understanding of the adjective "radical" when talking about the Salvation Army? "The London Dock strike of 1899 is a classic expression of the Labour Movement in action, built on the assumption that only organised people could resist exploitation, and the forging of an alliance between Catholic Irish and local workers, brokered by the Catholic and Methodist churches. The local Labour Representation Committees were the new institutions within which the previously unrelated forces met and within which leaders were elected, strategy discussed and actions planned. It is here that the third grandparent of the labour movement, the ‘labour aristocracy’ of skilled workers who had lost their status and small holders who had lost their land make their appearance drawing upon customary pract...