Tuesday, 25 September 2012



British Initiative Undermines Canada

'Britain and Canada are to clinch an agreement to establish joint diplomatic missions in other states in a bid to cut costs, but analysts say it will compromise Canada’s sovereignty and independence as the country needs to work based on an independent foreign policy.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague will meet his Canadian counterpart John Baird in Ottawa on Monday to work out the details of the new partnership and sign the agreement, which could eventually involve Australia and New Zealand.

Hague has said in a statement that the new partnership will give Britain "a bigger reach abroad for less cost".'
 

EDL Launches anti-Islam Recruitment Drive in UK

'The EDL is misusing religious tension to recruit religious Christians, Jews, Hindus and Sikhs with anti-Muslim propaganda, said the report by The Huffington Post UK.

For this objective, the EDL has established close contact with religious nationalist groups abroad, including the Jewish Defence league, a banned Jewish terrorist group in the US, a neo-Nazi Hindu nationalist group in India, and militant Christian organizations, the report said.

To garner legitimacy and to get rid of ‘racist’ tag, the EDL is pursuing plans to attract people of other faiths, according to the report.'
 

UK Teachers to Start Industrial Action over Pay

'Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) are to start an industrial action short of a strike next month and continue it until their long-running dispute over jobs, pay and pensions with the UK government is resolved.
The NUT industrial action, which involves teachers across England and Wales, will be launched on October 3, a week later than planned on September 26, in order to avoid a legal challenge to the wording of notices sent to relevant employers.
The leading union along with the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), which represent nine out of 10 teachers in England and Wales, were expected to start coordinated action around the end of September, to protest against the British government’s policies on pay, pensions, workload and conditions of service and job loss.'