New council chief gets £55 for UNCONTESTED elections – and there’s no money for services
What a barmy contradiction! Powys is, geographically, the largest county in Wales – with the smallest population. It habitually receives …
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Hammond scaremongers about Labour spending – after his government WASTED £1 TRILLON
Phil the Bleak’s got a nerve, hasn’t he? After his Conservative government borrowed more money than every Labour government the …
It is time for a publicly-owned digital information and entertainment organisation
I wouldn’t mind being a part of a publicly-owned digital information and entertainment provider. It ought to be the BBC …
The people have their say on Margaret Hodge’s ‘Nazi Germany’ outburst
A Vox Political reader got in touch after I published my piece about Margaret Hodge’s latest outrage, with his own opinion …
Is THIS how Margaret Hodge expresses regret?
I’m not convinced at all. A Labour MP who “expressed regret” for launching a foul-mouthed tirade against her party leader …
Blue Badge changes were forced on Tories by court case – and they lied about it
This is sterling work from John Pring’s indispensible Disability News Service. It turns out that the government’s much-trumpeted changes to …
Grenfell Tower: Theresa May’s face tells us all what her mouth won’t
Theresa May can be false in many places – but not, it seems, in the expression on her face. When …
Carillion: Prophetic words from 2004 claimed the UK would be ruined by PFI debt
Is Allyson Pollock’s prophecy coming true? Ian Fraser, author of the following words, seems to think so. He tweeted: “Increasingly …
Carillion crash means public may have to subsidise Tory privatisation yet again
Isn’t that a contradiction in terms? Back in the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher sold us a pup. She told us private …
Tory twit(terer) undermines seven years of government economic policy – in ONE TWEET
It takes a special kind of genius to (metaphorically) shoot your own mouth off and shoot every Tory MP of the …