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Nicola Sturgeon
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Harry Cooper
: A Referendum on Europe Tomorrow Would Not Stop Ukip
When unions come together each September for the annual congress of the TUC, it is traditional for right of centre newspapers to predict a new winter of discontent. But the point about strikes in the UK is just how unusual they have become, both historically and in comparison...
Posted 15 September 2011 | 01:00:00 (EST)