Category Archives: Political

The Daily Telegraph sent two reporters to masquerade as young mothers worried about child benefits to visit Vince Cable and recorded the proceedings. Vince didn’t do himself any favours and there was more to the story as the Telegraph held … Continue reading →

On December 2nd FIFA will announce where the 2018 World Cup will be hosted. England are in with a good chance of being that place.  November 29th the BBC broadcast a Panorama programme alleging significant corruption among members of the selection … Continue reading →

Listening to the BBC Today programme this morning reminded me of when I started a monthly donation to Shelter the homeless charity.  After a while they started sending me recordings of homeless people in tears about their predicament and asking … Continue reading →

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has today published some research that claims the government cuts and increase to VAT will produce 1.6 million extra unemployed. These include 725,000 public sector workers, 650,000 private sector workers because of the … Continue reading →

Harriet Harman thinks red hair is something to make a joke of calling Danny Alexander a Ginger Rodent.   We read about people with red hair being picked on and this can’t help. Surprising coming from someone who introduced equality legislation … Continue reading →

After the announcements of last week Labour are focussing on Child Benefits and Housing Benefit changes. On the former the BBC has just interviewed Douglas Alexander and a lady from a family welfare group who are both saying that a … Continue reading →

At the Conservative Party Conference it was announced that child benefit is likely to be stopped for those on higher rate tax. Also that a cap on some benefits equal to the average wage will be made. No doubt the welfare … Continue reading →

This week the news has reported that junior doctors are not being trained properly because they are limited to 48 hours work a week under the EU Working Week Directive.  The argument being that junior doctors have to cover at night … Continue reading →

In the last few months a number of local councillors have resigned, swapped sides or gone independent.  Perhaps they always do and it’s only being reported because it fuels the ‘coalition crack’ question. It must be difficult to be a local … Continue reading →

Today the IFS issued a report sponsored by two social welfare groups that concludes that by 2014 the very poorest will be hit hardest by the Coalition Budget. The main issue seems to revolve around an outcome in 2014 which … Continue reading →

It is commonly said that those who go to university earn £100,000 more than those who don’t so they can pay more for their education.  I know several people who went to University in the last 10 years and gained a degree but … Continue reading →

Despite the novelty of the coalition wearing off it is still the best option.  This is true even after the public discomfort of those on the right of the Conservatives and the left of the LibDems, and the Labour Party and media trying … Continue reading →