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How Manchester’s Bus Drivers Beat ‘Fire and Rehire’

Originally published in Tribune magazine, 22 May, 2021.

May 23, 2021

How Manchester’s Bus Drivers Beat ‘Fire and Rehire’

May 23, 2021

Community and the carnivalesque — thoughts on the Manchester bus driver picket line

May 23, 2021

Community and the carnivalesque — thoughts on the Manchester bus driver picket line

May 23, 2021

The climate crisis demands we scale up retrofitting homes in Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester must retrofit 60,000 residential and commercial buildings a year to be zero carbon by 2038.

Dec 5, 2020

Dec 5, 2020

After coronavirus, let’s choose carefully which sectors we want to regrow — and which to let go of

The pandemic has made clear what really matters to our economy. Let’s restart it selectively, writes Alex King

Dec 5, 2020

Dec 5, 2020

Coronavirus has forced the government to finally acknowledge the real wealth creators

Just months ago, the government described these workers as ‘low skilled’, now they’re the ones keeping our country going

Apr 15, 2020

Apr 15, 2020

Reflecting on defeat

During the 2019 election, I canvassed in five marginal constituencies in the North West and one in the South West, all of which Labour…

Dec 17, 2019

Reflecting on defeat

Dec 17, 2019

England/New Zealand 2019 Rugby World Cup semi-final — the end of a rugby era and Englcautious…

I never thought I would say this but —

Oct 28, 2019

England/New Zealand 2019 Rugby World Cup semi-final — the end of a rugby era and Englcautious…

Oct 28, 2019

The life and outlook of Sigmund Jähn, Germany’s first man in space

On 26 August, 1978, East Germans woke up to the headline banded across a special edition of Neues Deutschland: “Der erste Deutscher im…

Sep 25, 2019

The life and outlook of Sigmund Jähn, Germany’s first man in space

Sep 25, 2019

Lemn Sissay on his new memoir ‘My Name Is Why’

Lemn Sissay, award-winning and internationally acclaimed poet, was stolen from his birth mother and given to a foster family. He was…

Aug 30, 2019

Lemn Sissay on his new memoir ‘My Name Is Why’

Aug 30, 2019

The Green Industrial Revolution- Labour’s path to government?

Stepping on stage at the Durham Miners’ Gala the weekend before last, Jeremy Corbyn had decided to talk about climate change. ““Labour…

Jul 23, 2019

The Green Industrial Revolution- Labour’s path to government?

Jul 23, 2019

Alex King

Alex King

Writing about climate, employment, politics | words for The Guardian, The Independent, Novara Media, Tribune, The Bristol Cable, The Manchester Mill

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