London Mayor, Boris Johnson’s widely reported remarks, criticising the coalition government for their proposed draconian housing benefit reforms, appeared at first sight to be spontaneous. But, I wonder, if they were that spontaneous, why did he have a television crew filming what was supposed to be a regular radio interview with broadcaster Vanessa Feltz. It […]
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He’s A Liar Liar
Whether you agree or not, a lot of work must have gone into this! Try singing along….
How To Demonstrate EU Style!
With a high probability we will be seeing mass demonstrations against the cuts announced in our coalition government’s spending review, I thought it would be interesting to compare our technique with our European neighbours: How we demonstrate here in the UK How they demonstrate in France How they show their displeasure in Germany All things […]
Poorer And Not Really The Wiser!
One day on from Chancellor George Osborne’s spending review, aiming to save the nation from the consequences of our profligacy, we are, apparently, still all in this together (although, depending which newspaper you read, some of us seem to be more ‘in it’ than others). Overall, I was not as depressed last night as I […]
World Statistics Day
Today is United Nations World Statistics Day and to enter into the spirit of things, our own Office For National Statistics has released the following information about the average Briton: The ‘average’ British woman is 40 years and seven months old and has 42 years left to live. If she works full time, she works […]
The Ins And Outs Of The Economy – It’s Simple!
OK. so here’s my theory… Our country is in a fiscal mess because there is not enough coming in through taxes to cover the amount going out via government spending. Cutting the number of people claiming benefits from the state and telling them to get jobs will, theoretically, save a large part of our ‘overdraft’. […]
The Benefits Of The Chancellor’s New Voice!
Chancellor George Osborne, in his latest headline grabbing attempt to demonise anyone on benefits, has quite rightly declared a war on those who cheat the system. He is reported as saying: “Frankly, a welfare cheat is no different from someone who comes up and robs you in the street. It’s your money.” and: “This money […]
Forecast Of Failure In A Big Society
In her article for the Daily Telegraph “We should be bashing bankers not the young, poor and disabled” Mary Riddell wrote: “Yesterday the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report How Fair Is Britain? showed a widening wealth gap, with the top 10 per cent of households worth an average £853,000 – 100 times higher than […]
Milibands – Is Blood Thicker Than Political Water?
‘I can best support Ed from the backbenches’ says David Miliband about his younger brother, who beat him by a single percentage point to become leader of the Labour party. Of course, what he really means is if he were to accept a senior position in the shadow cabinet , he will permanently be under […]
Leading Labour Into The ‘Brotherhood’
Tomorrow, we will finally learn who is to be the new leader of the Labour Party. One things seems certain: whoever it is will have the surname Miliband. Yes folks, Labour’s Miliband family roadshow has finally parked up, after a leadership campaign lasting longer than the average series of the X Factor. Unlike in that […]