Faith: the drama of the Miners' Strike: Interview with the director, David Thacker We recently published a review of a film shown on the BBC entitled Faith which wove together the lives of its fictional characters with the real events of the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike. The result was a moving drama and an unusually honest account of this great struggle, sympathetic to the miners and their communities. The film’s director, David Thacker spoke to us about the making of the film and his own political views.
Labour wins third term – Only Labour can defeat Blair Labour has won an historic third term victory in the 2005 General Election, yet there will be no dancing in the streets, no street parties, in fact little enthusiasm at all. The combination of widespread opposition to the war in Iraq, distrust of Blair, and disillusionment with the failures of the last two terms of Labour government means that Labour won the election with the lowest share of the vote, just 36 percent, of any victorious party in history.
FBU Conference 2005: No2 Fire Deaths, No to attacks on our working conditions Last week’s FBU conference revealed a militant fighting mood, with Matt Wrack, the new General Secretary, expressing an equally fighting spirit.
