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A spectre would seem to be haunting the British government. People have the cheek to object to being paid nothing to work for Tescos – they are all “Trots”. Teachers and parents object to school privatisation. They are all “Trots” too. And as for Andrew Lansley's NHS privatisation – the “Trots” would seem to include all the professional bodies representing health professionals, patients groups and the trade unions inside and outside the Health Service. Whoever these “Trots” are they do seem remarkably powerful. How come nobody has ever heard of them?
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I am a retired teacher in the UK. I run a union helpline for stressed teachers in West Sussex. I also volunteer for Horsham ARK which helps homeless people
I was at Furzedown College of Education until 1979 and took a Masters Degree in Media in Education at the Institute of Education which completed in 2000.
My
studies at the
Institute of Education were interrupted by a coronary
thrombosis described by the cardiologist as
a "massive
heart
attack". As you can imagine I did not share his
enthusiasm. Subsequent
tests revealed that I was likely to die in the same way
as Dr Zhivago.
I
have carefully avoided chasing strange women in the
street ever since.
In
the last few years I have been writing reviews for The Socialist and Socialism Today.
They are collected
here
My date of birth is 26 12 1951 and you can work out the rest for yourself.