@gregorgall.bsky.social
Professor of industrial relations, Bob Crow & Mick Lynch biographer, authored Joe Strummer's punk rock politics book, Redskins' political influence book out Sept 2026, unions & strikes commentator, contributor to Herald, National
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Manchester University Press - The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer
The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer by Gregor Gall
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My 2022 book called 'The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, resistance and rebellion'
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manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988/
@bma.org.uk Labour government lied with statistics on level of support for last resident doctors' strike - pollster Peter Kellner (who actually opposed the strike) explains how Labour did this
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The majority of doctors supported the recent strike. So why did the Department of Health suggest the opposite? | Peter Kellner
It would seem that poll data was cherrypicked and then used to brief the Times. Such distortion of facts from a public body should alarm us all, says former president of YouGov Peter Kellner
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
@bma.org.uk Labour government lied with statistics on level of support for last resident doctors' strike - pollster Peter Kellner (who actually opposed the strike) explains how Labour did this
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#BMA Labour government lied with statistics on level of support for last resident doctors' strike - pollster Peter Kellner (who actually opposed the strike) explains how Labour did this
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The majority of doctors supported the recent strike. So why did the Department of Health suggest the opposite? | Peter Kellner
It would seem that poll data was cherrypicked and then used to brief the Times. Such distortion of facts from a public body should alarm us all, says former president of YouGov Peter Kellner
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#BMA Labour government lied with statistics on level of support for last resident doctors' strike - pollster Peter Kellner (who actually opposed the strike) explains how Labour did this
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted on prediction of further job cuts in universities: Is 'dented shield' strategy best that can be hoped for?: 'There is no ‘white knight’ riding over the hill any time soon with a Labour government overseeing all of this'.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
UK universities ‘could cut 10,000 jobs every year’
Academics claim changes made to higher education system a decade ago have divided sector into ‘winners and losers’, with government-imposed limits on income exacerbating financial challenges
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted on prediction of further job cuts in universities: Is 'dented shield' strategy best that can be hoped for?: 'There is no ‘white knight’ riding over the hill any time soon with a Labour government overseeing all of this'.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
Quoted in Times Higher here on prediction of further job cuts in universities: Is the 'dented shield' strategy best that can be hoped for?: 'There is no ‘white knight’ riding over the hill any time soon with a Labour government overseeing all of this'.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
UK universities ‘could cut 10,000 jobs every year’
Academics claim changes made to higher education system a decade ago have divided sector into ‘winners and losers’, with government-imposed limits on income exacerbating financial challenges
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Quoted in Times Higher here on prediction of further job cuts in universities: Is the 'dented shield' strategy best that can be hoped for?: 'There is no ‘white knight’ riding over the hill any time soon with a Labour government overseeing all of this'.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill
Flagship Labour plan to be replaced with six-month threshold after Peter Kyle vows to not let businesses ‘lose’ under new law
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
@heraldscotland.bsky.social My piece: 'Why the SNP will be able to talk the talk without walking the walk' - about SNP being on course to be next governing party at Holyrood but with lowest vote share since 2007 & so able to continue stasis of Scottish politics
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
'Society in Scotland is caught in the clutches of a political stasis'
Columnist Gregor Gall explains why a series of Scottish election Groundhog Days – a tedious, repetitive cycle of events – lies ahead of us
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
@heraldscotland.bsky.social My piece: 'Why the SNP will be able to talk the talk without walking the walk' - about SNP being on course to be next governing party at Holyrood but with lowest vote share since 2007 & so able to continue stasis of Scottish politics
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
My Herald piece today called 'Why the SNP will be able to talk the talk without walking the walk' - about SNP being on course to be the next governing party at Holyrood but with lowest vote share since 2007 & so able to continue stasis of Scottish politics
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
'Society in Scotland is caught in the clutches of a political stasis'
Columnist Gregor Gall explains why a series of Scottish election Groundhog Days – a tedious, repetitive cycle of events – lies ahead of us
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:50 AM
My Herald piece today called 'Why the SNP will be able to talk the talk without walking the walk' - about SNP being on course to be the next governing party at Holyrood but with lowest vote share since 2007 & so able to continue stasis of Scottish politics
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Life as a food delivery worker
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’
To earn a living as a delivery rider, some work 10-12 hour days, contending with low pay, exhaustion, accidents, injuries and harassment. Is this a new form of modern slavery?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Life as a food delivery worker
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Resident doctors begin five-day strike in latest walkout over pay - Thirteenth action since March 2023
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Resident doctors begin five-day strike in latest walkout over pay
Thirteenth action since March 2023 will put further pressure on stretched budgets, say NHS groups
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Resident doctors begin five-day strike in latest walkout over pay - Thirteenth action since March 2023
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted in Times Higher on the relationship between local strike action over job cuts and national strike action over pay within the UCU
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wave-lo...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wave-lo...
Wave of local strikes as ‘divisive’ ballot enters final straight
Tension within union over whether pay dispute is a distraction, or helpful in galvanising branches trying to halt job cuts
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
@timeshighered.bsky.social Quoted in Times Higher on the relationship between local strike action over job cuts and national strike action over pay within the UCU
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wave-lo...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wave-lo...
Quoted in Times Higher on the relationship between local strike action over job cuts and national strike action over pay within the UCU
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wave-lo...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wave-lo...
Wave of local strikes as ‘divisive’ ballot enters final straight
Tension within union over whether pay dispute is a distraction, or helpful in galvanising branches trying to halt job cuts
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Quoted in Times Higher on the relationship between local strike action over job cuts and national strike action over pay within the UCU
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wave-lo...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wave-lo...
#strikes Continued significant strike drop for Sept 25 - only 39,000 days not worked in 42 strikes by 10,000 workers. Though higher than in August – 15,000 days not worked in 18 strikes by 4,000 workers, much lower than July (83,000 days not worked, 225 strikes, 26,000 workers).
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#strikes Continued significant strike drop for Sept 25 - only 39,000 days not worked in 42 strikes by 10,000 workers. Though higher than in August – 15,000 days not worked in 18 strikes by 4,000 workers, much lower than July (83,000 days not worked, 225 strikes, 26,000 workers).
Resident doctors’ strike to go ahead after Wes Streeting’s last-ditch offer is rejected: Resident doctors in England to strike for five days next week, saying health secretary’s latest offer is way too limited
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Resident doctors’ strike to go ahead after Wes Streeting’s last-ditch offer is rejected
Resident doctors in England to strike for five days next week, saying health secretary’s latest offer is too limited
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Resident doctors’ strike to go ahead after Wes Streeting’s last-ditch offer is rejected: Resident doctors in England to strike for five days next week, saying health secretary’s latest offer is way too limited
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Employment Rights Bill will go back to Lords on 17 December for more ping-pong. A guillotine is needed here by the elected chamber
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Employment Rights Bill: MPs reject Lords’ amendments again
Parliamentary ping-pong with the Employment Rights Bill resumes as MPs reject amendments on unfair dismissal rights and ballot thresholds.
www.personneltoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Employment Rights Bill will go back to Lords on 17 December for more ping-pong. A guillotine is needed here by the elected chamber
www.personneltoday.com/hr/employmen...
www.personneltoday.com/hr/employmen...
ASLEF, the train drivers' union, announces new general secretary
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aslef.org.uk/news/aslef-a...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
ASLEF, the train drivers' union, announces new general secretary
aslef.org.uk/news/aslef-a...
aslef.org.uk/news/aslef-a...
My expose (p20) in the Nov issue of the ASLEF journal on the social and economic background of Nigel Farage - certainly not the 'man of the people' he sometimes like to portray
aslef.org.uk/system/files...
aslef.org.uk/system/files...
aslef.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
My expose (p20) in the Nov issue of the ASLEF journal on the social and economic background of Nigel Farage - certainly not the 'man of the people' he sometimes like to portray
aslef.org.uk/system/files...
aslef.org.uk/system/files...
@aslefunion.bsky.social @aslef-do7.bsky.social @mickwhelanaslef.bsky.social My expose (p20) in the Nov issue of the ASLEF journal on the social and economic background of Nigel Farage - certainly not the 'man of the people' he sometimes like to play
aslef.org.uk/system/files...
aslef.org.uk/system/files...
aslef.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
@aslefunion.bsky.social @aslef-do7.bsky.social @mickwhelanaslef.bsky.social My expose (p20) in the Nov issue of the ASLEF journal on the social and economic background of Nigel Farage - certainly not the 'man of the people' he sometimes like to play
aslef.org.uk/system/files...
aslef.org.uk/system/files...
#ScottishGreens #GreenParty #GPEW My National piece today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
October 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
#ScottishGreens #GreenParty #GPEW My National piece today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
@scotnational.bsky.social
My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
October 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
@scotnational.bsky.social
My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
October 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
#ZackPolanski #Zacktivism My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
Radical ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens
THINGS seemed to be going well for the Scottish Greens. A new leadership has garnered significant media attention, their autumn party conference was…
www.thenational.scot
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#ZackPolanski #Zacktivism My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
Radical ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens
THINGS seemed to be going well for the Scottish Greens. A new leadership has garnered significant media attention, their autumn party conference was…
www.thenational.scot
October 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
@scotnational.bsky.social My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
Radical ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens
THINGS seemed to be going well for the Scottish Greens. A new leadership has garnered significant media attention, their autumn party conference was…
www.thenational.scot
October 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
My piece in The National today called 'Ambitions clash with institutional reality in the Scottish Greens'. It looks at how 'Zacktivism' south of the border is setting the pace, a pace that the Scottish Greens are failing to match
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
‘‘Still work to be done’: Iceland marks 50 years since Women’s Day Off protests (aka a strike)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Still work to be done’: Iceland marks 50 years since Women’s Day Off protests
President says country is not free from feminist backlash being seen around world
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
‘‘Still work to be done’: Iceland marks 50 years since Women’s Day Off protests (aka a strike)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Resident doctors in England to go on strike for five days again next month
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Resident doctors in England to go on strike for five days next month
Hospital bosses warn 14-19 November stoppage will make it harder to manage winter viruses and tackle waiting lists
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Resident doctors in England to go on strike for five days again next month
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...