Talk:Eric Heffer

Not same person?
Apparently, this is not the Eric Heffer who looms large in Betrween Cyanide and Silk, by Leo Marks? Sca (talk) 19:21, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Edits by 94.12.194.102
These edits are not acceptable under Wikipedia policies and guidelines. First, the photograph uploaded to Commons is almost certainly a copyright violation. The uploader claims to be the creator of the work but the title 'Obit' clearly identifies it as a newspaper obituary picture, and in fact it's been copied from The Independent. Second, the lede is an appropriate size for this article length and the reduced form omits some of the biographical details which ought to be mentioned while inappropriately highlighting others (Heffer's time on Liverpool council, for instance, was a fairly minor aspect). Third, the complete section blanking of the sourced paragraph on his relationship with the Communist Party is manifestly indefensible. This was a highly significant part of Heffer's political background. Sam Blacketer (talk) 11:21, 29 June 2011 (UTC) Heffer's are very cool! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.31.244.6 (talk) 23:04, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Redundancy notices
What happened in September 1985 was that Liverpool City Council was in danger of insolvency within 90 days. If it became insolvent, it would automatically dismiss its employees. Employment law required that anyone at risk of redundancy within 90 days be given notice of the fact. The council was therefore legally obliged to issue notices warning its employees of risk of redundancy. It is true that there was no intention of actually making anyone redundant; it is also true that the notices were not stating that the recipients were definitely going to be dismissed. The notices were sent out with a covering letter from the council leader John Hamilton explaining why they had been issued and reassuring staff that the council fully intended to make a deal to avoid any actual dismissals.

However it is not true to imply that the redundancy notices were nothing of the sort. They were real legal notices, as Taaffe and Mulhearn accept on pages 280-2 of "Liverpool: A City That Dared to Fight". They may at one point write the terms 'redundancy notices' and 'legal' in inverted commas but that is really not to dispute their effect. For more background information on the budgeting process, read Rate-capping rebellion. Sam Blacketer (talk) 23:54, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Jarrow March
The article states "When the Jarrow March passed through Hertford in 1936". This appears unlikely as the route was from Luton to St. Albans and a detour to take in Hertford would have been considerable. Hertfordshire, perhaps? Roundtheworld (talk) 21:27, 15 April 2018 (UTC)