The Ulster Reform Club, whose website describes it as a ‘Gentleman’s Club’, is a private club for the richest businessmen. Admission to the club is by invitation only. Events /dinners cost up to £125!! Again, their website details their history – started by the capitalist elite – it supported unionism for 100 years. It only permitted women to join in the 1980’s!
Why are ratepayers paying for the richest in society to get pissed? This is a disgrace especially when government is trying to close or cut back local libraries, hospital wards and other services. We are constantly told there is no money to keep these services open so how come there is money for this? It shows how little the rich and their tame councillors have learnt from the MPs expenses scandal. They thought once the fuss from that had died down a bit they could start up their junkets again. We demand this offer to the super rich is withdrawn. We need city councillors who will represent the workers, not the rich!
Defend the Right to Protest
The government is planning to slash thousands of civil service jobs across Britain and Northern Ireland and when they try to do it, they want to be sure that it’s as cheap as possible; that is the reason behind the change to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (redundancy scheme) which has been undemocratically forced through Parliament.
Britain has been ‘Con Dem-ned’ to a future of savage attacks on public services, pay, pensions and benefits combined with tax increases for working and middle-class people.
New economic data shows… Recession - no end in sight