‘Our weak employment laws help vile bosses and don’t protect hard-working people’ – Voice of the Mirror

Throughout the pandemic P&O staff made sure vital supplies flowed into this country. They deserved to be applauded, not frog-marched off their boats at short notice

There is simply no excuse for the disgraceful way workers at P&O Ferries have been treated.

No firm should be allowed to sack hundreds of people in such a brutal fashion.

The fact this information was communicated by a curt, pre-recorded message over Zoom is all the more outrageous.

Throughout the pandemic P&O staff made sure vital supplies flowed into this country.

They deserved to be applauded, not frog-marched off their boats at short notice.

The bosses of parent company DP World should not expect to get away with it and they will deservedly join Sir Philip Green and
Carillion in capitalism’s hall of shame.

This is not just about corporate greed. It is also about our weak employment laws that let firms sack at will to hire cheaper staff.

If Tory MPs are genuinely appalled by what has happened they will legislate to prevent such outrages being repeated.

Angels of hope

Vladimir Putin has visited unimaginable horror on the people of Ukraine.

Their bravery and resilience in the face of death and destruction has been humbling.

So too has been the compassion they have shown to fellow citizens.

Their remarkable spirit is demonstrated by the three women who risked their lives to ferry orphaned children from bombed cities to a sanctuary in the Carpathian Mountains.

These angels of hope remind us goodness can flourish even amid the horrors of war.

It is also why Putin will never suppress the people of Ukraine.

Don’t stop now

In a victory for the Mirror, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi vows to have defibrillators in all schools in England.

This is a welcome step forward for our campaign to have these life-saving devices placed in all public buildings.

We urge other ministers to follow the Education Secretary’s lead.