Articles tagged Dock Labour Scheme:
An Appreciation of Sir John Redwood
- 29 Dec 2018
I'm not a massive fan of the way the Honours System operates. It's more open and transarent than it used to be, but it is undermined by the domination of honours for civil servants who are just doing their jobs. Indeed, some seem to get honours for doing their jobs very badly....
27 Years Ago Today the Dock Labour Scheme Was Abolished - And Here's How I Helped It Happen
- 6 Apr 2016
Twenty seven years ago today Norman Fowler announced the Repeal of the National Dock Labour Scheme in the House of Commons. I had been working for the National Association of Port Employers and, with Nicholas Finney, had been masterminding the lobbying campaign to get rid of t...
Walking Through a Dockers' Picket Line
- 6 Jul 2009
Two months ago I wrote about my part in the abolition of the Dock Labour Scheme. Tonight, it was if the clock had been turned back 20 years, as I had to walk through a dockers' picket line to attend a dinner at the National Liberal Club marking the 20th anniversary of the Sche...