Burnham’s anti-welfare stance will lose him my vote
Will somebody from the Common Sense wing of the Labour Party please stand for the leadership? Today The Guardian is …
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The perils of pandering to PricewaterhouseCoopers
This is something that broke while Yr Obdt Srvt was still recovering from a recent illness, but is still worth …
POLL: Is it time for Rachel Reeves to go?
Today Vox Political pointed out that Labour’s Rachel Reeves has hired an advisor from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a foreign-owned company that …
Rachel Reeves is sleeping with the enemy
This is very disturbing, from the new Private Eye (1379): “Rachel Reeves, Labour’s shadow work and pensions secretary, is the …
Public money is being thrown away on government-contracted scroungers
It turns out that some people really do get to lie around all day, doing nothing apart from watching the …
DWP calls in Rentadoc to harass the sick off-benefit
Perhaps we’re jumping the gun with the headline but alarm bells tend to go off when you read that “people …
Sort out the tax dodgers, Labour, then the benefit bill won’t be a problem
A lot of people have been getting their knickers in a knot about Rachel Reeves’ interview in today’s Observer – …
Conservative conference will expose the credibility chasm at the heart of the party
Do rank-and-file Tories really believe their party’s “achievements” in taxation will propel it to victory in the next election? To …
Are these the men who would be king?
There is a certain kind of person who takes great delight in commenting on political blogs with a variant of …
Revealed: ConDem ‘vendetta’ against citizens it believes are livestock
It has been rumoured that V for Vendetta ‘Guy Fawkes’ masks are to be banned from large-scale public demonstrations in …